Still Life
CURATED COLLECTIONArrangements of flowers, fruit, tableware and everyday objects make up this collection, a genre that reached particular sophistication during the Dutch Golden Age of the seventeenth century. Vanitas paintings used skulls, wilting flowers and guttering candles to remind viewers of mortality and the brevity of pleasure, while other still lifes simply displayed the painter's skill at rendering texture, reflection and transparency. The genre sat lower in the traditional hierarchy of subjects than history painting, yet it attracted highly skilled specialists and remained popular across several national schools. Flowers, food and domestic objects dominate the works collected here.
About the Still Life collection
Still Life spans 5,905 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive.
Arrangements of flowers, fruit, tableware and everyday objects make up this collection, a genre that reached particular sophistication during the Dutch Golden Age of the seventeenth century. Vanitas paintings used skulls, wilting flowers and guttering candles to remind viewers of mortality and the brevity of pleasure, while other still lifes simply displayed the painter's skill at rendering texture, reflection and transparency. The genre sat lower in the traditional hierarchy of subjects than history painting, yet it attracted highly skilled specialists and remained popular across several national schools. Flowers, food and domestic objects dominate the works collected here.
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Prints of these artworks
Prints of any artwork on this page are made to order at the production partner closest to you, starting from $21.99 including shipping, in Canvas, Rolled Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print.
Sizes and framing
Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.
Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.
Frequently asked questions
- How many artworks are in Still Life?
- There are 5,905 public-domain artworks in the Still Life collection on Archive Lane.
- Can I download these as digital files?
- Yes, every artwork can be previewed for free and downloaded as the original high-resolution file with a one-off purchase or a membership.