# Still-Life [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BORCHT, Hendrik van der, the Elder]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 24 x 35 cm ## Commentary BORCHT, Hendrik van der, the Elder \(b. 1583, Bruxelles, d. 1651, Frankfurt am Main\) Still-Life 1630 Oil on panel, 24 x 35 cm Private collection This still-life consists of ancient coins, glassware and pots on a table-top with an oil lamp. Three further extant still-lifes of similarly composed compositions by Van der Borcht the Elder are known, all closely related to this intimate panel. One, a larger work of circular format is in the Hermitage, another in the Historisches Museum, Frankfurt, and a third in a private collection. Several objects from van der Borcht's personal collection appear in more than one of his still life's: the thin glass vase, the earthenware bowl, and some of the coins. The panel is signed and dated lower left: HVBorcht pinxit 1630. ## Related artworks - [Forest Landscape]() - [Still-Life with Rarity Collection]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()