# GALLE, Hieronymus [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1625–? - Profession: painter - School: Flemish ## Biography Hieronymus \(Girolamo\) Galle, Flemish painter. He was the pupil of Abraham Hack \(active 1623-1638\). He joined the Sint-Lucasgilde \(Guild of St. Luke\) in Antwerp in 1636 and became master in 1645. He was active in Antwerp, but stayed in Rome in 1661-62 He was a specialist in flower and fruit still-lifes. Initially he was a follower of the leading Antwerp flower painters Daniel Seghers and Jan Brueghel the Elder, but during his stay in Rome he absorbed the mid-seventeenth century Roman still-life tradition. Paolo Porpora and Pace del Campidoglio may have been an influence on his work. ## Related artworks - [Still-Life]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()