Gillis van Hulsdonck
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Gillis van Hulsdonck or Gillis Jacobsz. van Hulsdonck (1625, in Antwerp – between 1676 and 1696, in Antwerp) was a Flemish still life painter. After training in Antwerp, he spent most of his active career in Amsterdam. He is known for his still lifes of fruit and banquet pieces.[1]
Gillis van Hulsdonck was born in Antwerp as the son of Jacob van Hulsdonck and his first wife Maria la Hoes.[1] His father was a prominent painter who played a role in the early development of the genre of still lifes of fruit, banquets and flowers and operated a successful workshop in Antwerp.[2] Gillis trained with his father in his workshop. It is recorded that after his father died in early 1647, on 12 February of that year two guardians were appointed over the then already 21-year old Gillis.[3] There is no record of Gillis joining the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. He is believed to have moved to Amsterdam some time after his father's death.[1]
In Amsterdam he married Magdalena Davidt on 2 January 1655. The couple had six children. He likely returned to Antwerp with his family around 1670.[1] On 27 March 1676 he and his wife (43 years old) attest that they know a certain Jan Pedro de Herde and that they had lived 'in Holland'.[4] This is the last record about the artist. It is not known where and when he died. It was likely in Antwerp and no later than 1696.[1]
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