Harmen Steenwijck (c. 1612 – after 1656)

• Harmen Steenwyck was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• Steenwyck was born in Delft, c. 1612.
• He was the brother of Pieter Steenwijck, also a still-life painter.
• His father was Evert Hamenz was an eyeglass maker.
• In 1628 he moved to Leiden to live and study with his uncle.
• He and his brother were taught to paint by their uncle David Bailly in Leiden.
• Steenwyck did not date his paintings.

• Harmen became active as a painter in Leiden between 1628 and 1633.

• Steenwijck is best known for his painting which was done in the Dutch vanitas genre: Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life.

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