Juan van der Hamen

Juan van der Hamen
Still life with fruits and glassware, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Born	Juan van der Hamen y Gómez de León bapt. (1596-04-08)8 April 1596 Madrid
Died	28 March 1631(1631-03-28) (aged 34)
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Painting
Movement	bodegones, still life

Juan van der Hamen y (Gómez de) León (baptized 8 April 1596 – 28 March 1631) was a Spanish painter, a master of still life paintings, also called bodegones. Prolific and versatile, he painted allegories, landscapes, and large-scale works for churches and convents. Today he is remembered mostly for his still lifes, a genre he popularized in 1620s Madrid.