Aertsen, Pieter (1508/09-1575). Netherlandish painter, active in his native Amsterdam
and in Antwerp. A pioneer of still life and genre painting, he is best known for scenes
that at first glance look like pure examples of these types, but which in fact have a
religious scene incorporated in them (Butcher's Stall with the Flight into Egypt,
University of Uppsala, 1551). Aertsen was the head of a long dynasty of painters, of whom
the most talented was his nephew and pupil Joachim Bueckelaer.
The Egg Dance 1557 (60 Kb); Oil on panel; Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam
