Gerret Willemsz. Heda (1620/25, in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Nether ...

– 1647/59, in Haarlem), was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the '' Rampjaar'' occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific development ...

painter; known for fruit still lifes and

vanitas ''Vanitas'' is a genre of symbolizing the temporality, transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death, and thus the vanity of ambition and all worldly desires. The paintings involved still life imagery of transitory i ...

paintings. He was the son and pupil of Willem Claesz. Heda, and influenced the still life painter

Jan Jansz. Treck Jan Jansz. Treck (1606, Amsterdam, 25 September 1652 ) was a still-life painter during the Dutch Golden Age. Treck used economy in the number of his objects. Life In 1623 Treck was trained for half a year by Jan den Uyl, who had married his s ...

.Gerret Willemsz. Heda
in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heda, Gerret Willemsz 1620s births 17th-century deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch still life painters Painters from Haarlem

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