Claes van Heussen

Claes van Heussen (1598 – 1633, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter who died young.

[1] He is known for a few fruit still lifes and vanitas pieces during a very short period in Haarlem.

[1] One of his market scenes is adorned with the figure of a young woman reaching in a basket, that was painted by Frans Hals.

[2] In the notes on town meetings in the archives of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke under April 4, 1633, the surgeon Jan Snijder and Pieter Jansz Saenredam declared to the mayors of Haarlem that all paintings on a list belonged to the estate of Claes van Heussen, in the name of his widow.

[3] Van Heussen was listed in the guild, but without noting the year of membership.