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Spanish Still Life Painters in the Golden Age

The premier Spanish still life painters of the 16th and 17th century.

Christóbal Ramírez de Arellano (documented in Toledo in the 1630s and 1640s)
Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560-1627)
Blas de Ledesma (documented in Granada, 1602 and 1614)
Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)
Juan Bautista de Espinoza (Madrid and Toledo between 1612 and 1626)
Alejandro de Loarte (late 1590s-1626)
Juan van der Hamen y León (1596-1631)
Juan Fernández, el Labrador (active in the 1630s)
Juan de Espinosa (active from the 1640s to the 1670s)
Antonio Ponce (1608-after 1662)
Francisco Barrera (documented in Madrid between 1632 and 1657.)
Francisco de Burgos Mantilla (1609-1672)
Francisco de Palacios (c. 1615-before 1652)
Antonio de Pereda (1611-1678)
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664)
Juan de Zurbarán (1620-1649)

The best reference book for the still lifes of these painters is Spanish Still Life in the Golden Age 1600-1650, by William B. Jordan, published by the Kimbell Art Museum.

Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables by Juan Sánchez Cotán

Still Life with Basket of Sweets by Juan van der Hamen

Still life with Lemons by Francisco de Zurbarán

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