Opdateret oktober 2026 · rangeret efter vores popularitetsscore (søgninger, besøg og ordrer for hvert værk) · 53 værker af Evert Collier i vores katalog
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I galleriets øjne er Evert Colliers mest berømte maleri Edward Collier (1683). Still Life with a Volume of Wither's 'Emblemes' (1696) og Vanitas Still-Life (10) (1697) fuldender trioen, som ethvert øje genkender. Ud af de 53 værker af Evert Collier i vores katalog præsenterer galleriet herunder de 46 mest berømte, hver som et originalværk med årstal, museum og det, der gør det unikt.
The oil on canvas titled Edward Collier is a work by Evert Collier. This specific piece is dated 1683. It measures 44 x 53 cm. The surface holds a quiet stillness, a captured moment of a man in a red robe.
Still Life with a Volume of Wither's 'Emblemes' is an oil on canvas painting executed by Evert Collier in 1696. The work originated during the artist's period of activity in England, following his arrival from the Netherlands in 1693. Collier, born in Breda, Netherlands, spent his final years in London, where he died in 1708.
Vanitas Still-Life (10) is an oil on canvas work by Evert Collier, executed in 1697. The artist, born in Breda, Netherlands, in 1642, was a prominent figure of the Dutch Golden Age. Collier lived until 1708, leaving behind a body of work defined by the meticulous observation of material objects and their symbolic weight.
The scene unfolds through Vanitas still life with an upturned lute, a globe turned to the Pacific Ocean, an open copy of Rider Cardanus' The British Merlin , and an engraving of Caesar Octavianus Augustus. This composition emerges from the hand of Evert Collier, an artist born in Breda. The objects rest in a quiet, heavy atmosphere, as if caught in a moment of profound stillness. Every item, from the…
This work, titled Vanitas Still Life, was executed by Evert Collier in 1662. It is an oil on wood painting that measures 94 x 112 cm. The piece belongs to the Dutch Golden Age, a period when Collier began establishing his reputation for meticulous detail and symbolic depth.
A Vanitas Still Life is an oil on canvas work by Evert Collier. Executed about 1675, the painting belongs to the Dutch Golden Age. The artist, born in Breda, Netherlands, in 1642, utilized the vanitas genre to contemplate the transience of earthly existence through a dense arrangement of symbolic objects.
Trompe l'oeil still-life of a letter rack is an oil on canvas work by Evert Collier, dated 1684. The artist, born in Breda, Netherlands, in 1642, was a prominent figure of the Dutch Golden Age. Collier lived until 1708.
The scene unfolds within Vanitas Still Life with a Statuette of an Antique Athlete and a Print of Michelangelo, a work that invites a quiet contemplation of existence. Evert Collier presents this still life as a meditation on the fleeting nature of life and the weight of human achievement. Every object rests upon a red velvet tablecloth, waiting for the viewer to notice the subtle interplay of shadow and light.…
Trompe L’oeil still life of an engraving with a portrait of Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) affixed to a wooden panel1694
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A trompe l'oeil of a letter rack with a print, a quill, sealing wax and a knife1706
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Still Life: The Smell1701 · Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Still life with books, globe, musical instruments and a print on a table1700
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Vanitas Still Life1675 · Mauritshuis
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Vanitas still life with a candlestick, books, musical instruments, an astrological globe, a pocket watch, and an hourglass all on a draped table
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Vanitas still life with coins and other objects on a table1661 · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Vanitas still life with a globe, a violin and bow, lemon peel, a recorder, a musical score, an open book, an hour glass and other objects
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Vanitas1661 · Finnish National Gallery
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Vanitas still life with a globe, books, and a box of jewels all resting on a draped table1650
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Still life with roemer, oysters, bread and shrimp1661
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Still life with white jug with playing cards, smoker's requisites and passglass1650
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Vanitas still life with books, musical instruments, and a pair of globes1664 · Museum de Lakenhal
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Vanitas still life1662 · Rijksmuseum
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Toebackje, still life of smoking utensils1664 · Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
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Vanitas Still-Life (12)1665
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Self-Portrait with a Vanitas Still- Life1684 · Honolulu Museum of Art
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Vanitas Still Life with a Crowned Skull1689
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A Letter Rack1695 · Yale Center for British Art
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Vanitas Still-Life (14)1697
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A Trompe l'oeil of Newspapers, Letters and Writing Implements on a Wooden Board1699
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Vanitas Still-Life (13)1705
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Trompe l'oeil, Letter Rack1700
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Vanitas still life with a candlestick
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Still Life1699
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A vanitas still life with celestial and terrestial globes, a pair of dividers, a sextant, an inkwell with a quill and a candle, and a copy of A mathematical compendium, or, Useful practices in arithmetick, geometry, and astronomy, geography and navig....
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A Vanitas Still LifeAuckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
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A vanitasDenver Art Museum
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Letter rackArt Gallery of South Australia
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Vanitas - Still Life with Books and Manuscripts and a SkullNational Museum of Western Art
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Trompe l'oeil with Writing MaterialsVictoria and Albert Museum
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A vanitas still life with a candlestick, a skull, a shell, bubbles, a watch, a portrait of Charles I, and other objects on a draped table
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Still lifeIndianapolis Kunstmuseum
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A Trompe L'Oeil Still Life with letters, a magazine, a notebook, a magnifying glass, scissors, a quill, a letter opener and a tortoise shell comb
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A vanitas still life with books and leaflets, a globe, a princely flag, a musical score, musical instruments and an hourglass on a draped table with a silver tazza, coins, a watch and a purse
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A vanitas still life with a violin, a recorder and a score of music on a marble table top
De fire motiver, der optræder hyppigst i disse originaler, hver med sit fineste eksempel.
#16 Vanitas still life with a candlestick, books, musical instruments, an astrological globe, a pocket watch, and an hourglass all on a draped table
#18 Vanitas still life with a globe, a violin and bow, lemon peel, a recorder, a musical score, an open book, an hour glass and other objects
#26 Vanitas Still-Life (12)
#27 Self-Portrait with a Vanitas Still- Life
De 8 museer, der rummer flest af malerierne på denne side.
| Museum | By | Værker af Evert Collier | Malerier fra denne liste |
|---|---|---|---|
 Denver Art Museum |
Denver | 2 | Charles I, A vanitas |
 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York | 1 | Vanitas Still Life |
 Szépművészeti Múzeum |
Budapest | 1 | A Vanitas Still Life |
 Museum der bildenden Künste |
Leipzig | 1 | Vanitas with Books, Instruments, and an Astronomical Globe on a table |
 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Houston | 1 | Still Life: The Smell |
 Mauritshuis |
Haag | 1 | Vanitas Still Life |
 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |
San Francisco | 1 | Vanitas still life with coins and other objects on a table |
 Finnish National Gallery |
Helsinki | 1 | Vanitas |
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The scene unfolds through Vanitas still life with an upturned lute, a globe turned to the Pacific Ocean, an open copy of Rider Cardanus' The British Merlin , and an engraving of Caesar Octavianus Augustus. This composition emerges from the hand of Evert Collier, an artist born in Breda. The objects rest in a quiet, heavy atmosphere, as if caught in a moment of profound stillness. Every item, from the…
This work, titled Vanitas Still Life, was executed by Evert Collier in 1662. It is an oil on wood painting that measures 94 x 112 cm. The piece belongs to the Dutch Golden Age, a period when Collier began establishing his reputation for meticulous detail and symbolic depth.
A Vanitas Still Life is an oil on canvas work by Evert Collier. Executed about 1675, the painting belongs to the Dutch Golden Age. The artist, born in Breda, Netherlands, in 1642, utilized the vanitas genre to contemplate the transience of earthly existence through a dense arrangement of symbolic objects.
The oil on canvas titled Edward Collier is a work by Evert Collier. This specific piece is dated 1683. It measures 44 x 53 cm. The surface holds a quiet stillness, a captured moment of a man in a red robe.
Still Life with a Volume of Wither's 'Emblemes' is an oil on canvas painting executed by Evert Collier in 1696. The work originated during the artist's period of activity in England, following his arrival from the Netherlands in 1693. Collier, born in Breda, Netherlands, spent his final years in London, where he died in 1708.
Edward Collier (1683). Derefter følger Still Life with a Volume of Wither's 'Emblemes' (1696) og Vanitas Still-Life (10) (1697).
41 år gammel: Edward Collier er fra 1683, og Evert Collier blev født i 1642.
Edward Collier, Still Life with a Volume of Wither's 'Emblemes', Vanitas Still-Life (10), Vanitas still life with an upturned lute, a globe turned to the Pacific Ocean, an open copy of Rider Cardanus' The British Merlin , and an engraving of Caesar Octavianus Augustus, Vanitas Still Life, A Vanitas Still Life, Trompe l'oeil still-life of a letter rack, Vanitas Still Life with a Statuette of an Antique Athlete and a Print of Michelangelo, Vanitas with Books, Instruments, and an Astronomical Globe on a table og Charles I. Ranglisten ovenfor viser det enkelte værks årstal og museum.
Vores katalog indeholder 53 værker af Evert Collier, dateret fra 1650 til 1706.
Primært i Denver Art Museum (Denver), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) og Szépművészeti Múzeum (Budapest). Museumslisten ovenfor viser dem alle.
I 1660s: 8 af de 46 værker på denne side blev skabt dengang, herunder Vanitas Still Life.
På denne side er det tidligste Vanitas still life with a globe, books, and a box of jewels all resting on a draped table (1650) og det seneste A trompe l'oeil of a letter rack with a print, a quill, sealing wax and a knife (1706).
Life (13), Books (7) og Skull (5), fordelt på de 46 værker på denne side.
Oil On Canvas, for 6 af de 46 værker på denne side.
Baroque, baseret på originalerne på denne side.
Charles I og A vanitas: Denver Art Museum, Denver har 2 af værkerne på denne side.
Evert Collier, født omkring 1642 i Breda, Noord-Brabant, trådte frem som en fremtrædende skikkelse i den hollandske guldalders kunstneriske landskab—en periode præget af uovertruffen innovation og overdådig mæcenatvirksomhed. Hans tidlige uddannelse i Haarlem under Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne indprentede de fundamentale principper for observation og tegnekunst, hvilket formede hans helt særlige tilgang til stillebenmaleriet.
Denne formative tid var præget af dybe indflydelser, hvor Van der Vinnes fokus på minutiøse detaljer og atmosfærisk perspektiv satte et uudsletteligt præg på Colliers kunstneriske sanselighed. Hans rejse mod et etableret professionelt virke tog et afgørende skridt i 1664, da han formelt blev optaget i Haarlem-gildet Sankt Lukas, hvilket cementerede hans ry som en dygtig kunstner. Den efterfølgende flytning til Leiden og Amsterdam udvidede hans horisont over for forskellige kunstneriske strømninger og gav grobund for eksperimenter med nye teknikker. Desuden berigede hans samarbejde med Barend van Eisen hans kreative dialog, hvilket resulterede i fælles værker, der udstillede en delt stilistisk forståelse.
Collier adskilte sig fra mange af sine samtidige gennem sin mesterlige udførelse af trompe-l'œil—en teknik designet til at bedrage øjet ved at skabe illusioner af dybde og dimensionalitet på en flad overflade. Hvor den konventionelle realisme søgte sandfærdig gengivelse, prioriterede trompe-l'œil det visuelle bedrag frem for blot præcis repræsentation, hvilket transformerede hverdagsagtige genstande til fængslende spektakler.
Hans signaturstil i disse trompe-l'œil-malerier præsenterede typisk kompositioner af dagbøger, raderinger, breve, medaljer, kamme og forseglingsvoks—genstande gennemtrængt af en symbolsk betydning, der afspejler den menneskelige eksistens' forgængelighed. Gennem teknisk innovation anvendte han dygtigt perspektiviske tricks, skyggeeffekter og subtile teksturelle variationer til at skabe overbevisende illusioner af rum, som fangede beskueren med deres bedrageriske skønhed.
Colliers stilleben var langt mere end blot en nøje gengivelse af virkeligheden; de fungerede som dybe meditationer over dødeligheden – et centralt tema i vanitas-genren, som prægede hans samtid. Hvert eneste element var omhyggeligt udvalgt til at formidle et gennemtrængende budskab om forfald, erindring og dødens uundgåelighed.
Gennem sine værker benyttede han sig af gennemgående motiver såsom kranier, timeglas, visne blomster, rådnende frugt og udslukkede lys – symboler, der på mesterlig vis repræsenterer tidens nådesløse gang og de jordiske nydelsers skrøbelighed. Hans malerier besad en enestående psykologisk dybde, der søgte at trænge bag om overfladens fremtræden. Ved at invitere beskueren til eftertanke over eksistentielle temaer, tvang han os til at konfrontere vores egen dødelighed i et visuelt og sjæleligt møde.
Colliers kunstneriske eftermæle strækker sig langt ud over hans egne værker; han udøvede en betydelig indflydelse på efterfølgende generationer af hollandske malere, særligt dem der udforskede den forførende trompe-l'œil-teknik. Hans mesterværker er i dag bevaret på fremtrædende museer over hele verden, herunder Rijksmuseum i Amsterdam, Tate London, Denver Art Museum og Honolulu Museum of Art, hvilket sikrer, at hans visionære kunstneriske virke fortsat vækker beundring og videnskabelig interesse.
Kilder: Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers; Netherlands Institute for Art History; Biografiske oplysninger fra diverse kunsthistoriske databaser
