Willem van Aelst
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Selected Works44

Museum Acquisitions

20 Institutions
Louvre
Louvre
Louvre
Louvre
Louvre
NGA Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Sainsbury Wing
Harvard Art Museums
Basel Art Museum
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Cincinnati Art Museum
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Getty Museum
Rijksmuseum
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
Uffizi Galleries
Uffizi Galleries
Museum der bildenden Künste
Museo Thyssen Bornemisza
Berlin State Museums
Berlin State Museums

Previous Sales 10

Christie's
A partridge, a hunting horn, hawking hoods and a gold-trimmed green velvet hunting bag hanging above a marble ledge
A partridge, a hunting horn, hawking hoods and a gold-trimmed green velvet hunting bag hanging above a marble ledge
£50,400 ($67k USD)
Jul 2025
Christie's
Plums, strawberries, peaches, grapes, redcurrants and gooseberries with a finch, on a partly-draped marble ledge
Plums, strawberries, peaches, grapes, redcurrants and gooseberries with a finch, on a partly-draped marble ledge
£36,500 ($48k USD)
Apr 2008
Christie's
Roses, irises, poppies and other flowers in a glass vase, on a marble ledge with a tortoiseshell butterfly and insects
Roses, irises, poppies and other flowers in a glass vase, on a marble ledge with a tortoiseshell butterfly and insects
€385,600 ($424k USD)
Jan 2005
Christie's
Grapes, plums, figs and a melon, on a partly draped stone ledge
Grapes, plums, figs and a melon, on a partly draped stone ledge
£215,650 ($285k USD)
Apr 2002
Christie's
A chameleon with a dragonfly on a thistle, in a landscape
A chameleon with a dragonfly on a thistle, in a landscape
$47,000
Oct 2001
Christie's
Peaches and grapes on a marble ledge
Peaches and grapes on a marble ledge
$35,250
Jan 2001
Christie's
Grapes, a pocketwatch, a roemer , a silver ewer and a plate, on a partly draped marble ledge, the artist at work at his easel reflected in the roemer
Grapes, a pocketwatch, a roemer , a silver ewer and a plate, on a partly draped marble ledge, the artist at work at his easel reflected in the roemer
£157,750 ($208k USD)
Dec 2000
Christie's
A sprig of damask roses, a white and red carnation and a thistle, tied with a blue ribbon, with a red admiral, on a stone ledge
A sprig of damask roses, a white and red carnation and a thistle, tied with a blue ribbon, with a red admiral, on a stone ledge
£100,500 ($133k USD)
Jul 1999
Christie's
Grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, chestnuts, a Large White and two Red Admiral butterflies, a fly and a snail on a vine tendril, on a red velvet cloth over a partly draped ledge
Grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, chestnuts, a Large White and two Red Admiral butterflies, a fly and a snail on a vine tendril, on a red velvet cloth over a partly draped ledge
£573,500 ($757k USD)
Jul 1998
Christie's
A nautilus cup, a pickled herring and a fillet on a pewter plate with a fly, onions and leeks, cloves in a pewter cup, a roemer, a crystal-handled knife and olives on a pewter plate on a box, on a partly draped marble shelf
A nautilus cup, a pickled herring and a fillet on a pewter plate with a fly, onions and leeks, cloves in a pewter cup, a roemer, a crystal-handled knife and olives on a pewter plate on a box, on a partly draped marble shelf
£89,500 ($118k USD)
Jul 1998
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Market120 auction results

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$35.3K – $424K
2 of 2 sculpture/objects lots with prices
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$173K
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$153K
2 priced sculpture/objects lots
calendar_todayLast Sculpture/object Sale
Jul 2025 · $66.5K
Latest priced sale: A partridge, a hunting horn, hawking hoods an... - 58.2 x 46.1 cm - $25/sq cm
categoryMarket by Object Type
Sculpture/objects: $153K medianPaintings: $402K median
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Christie's
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Current Exhibitions0

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Two 17th-Century Dutch Still Lifes Acquired by the Getty
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired two 17th-century Dutch still-life paintings by Pieter Claesz and Jan Davidsz. de Heem, masters of…
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work of the week maria van oosterwijck
A rare 17th-century still life by Dutch Golden Age painter Maria van Oosterwijck sold for €406,400 ($477,000) at Christie’s Paris, nearly three times …
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“Dutch Art in a Global Age” at the Kimbell Art Museum
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, is presenting "Dutch Art in a Global Age," an exhibition organized by the Center of Netherlandish Art at …
exhibitionsMay 4, 2025
rachel ruysch toledo museum
The Toledo Museum of Art has opened "Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art," the first monographic exhibition dedicated to the 17th-century Dutch still-life …
exhibitionsApr 23, 2025
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Deux natures mortes hollandaises du XVIIe siècle acquises par le Getty
Apr 23, 2026
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work of the week maria van oosterwijck
Dec 19, 2025
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“Dutch Art in a Global Age” at the Kimbell Art Museum
May 4, 2025
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rachel ruysch toledo museum
Apr 23, 2025
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Willem van Aelst dies
Jan 1, 1683
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Willem van Aelst born
Jan 1, 1627
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