A Quiet Master of Dutch Still Life: The World of Johannes Hannot Johannes Hannot, a name perhaps less celebrated than his contemporaries like Willem Kalf or Jan Davidsz. de Heem, nevertheless occupies an important and delicate niche within the pantheon of 17th-century Dutch still life painters. Born in Leiden in 1633, Hannot’s life remains shrouded in a certain obscurity—a common fate for artists working outside the immediate orbit of major artistic centers or prolific workshops. What we do know paints a picture of a dedicated craftsman who absorbed the lessons of Antwerp and translated them…