The Life and Art of Joris van Son Born in Antwerp, Belgium, Joris van Son was a Flemish still life painter who became a master in the Guild of Saint Luke of Antwerp during the 1643/1644 guild year. His artistic output was diverse, encompassing various sub-genres of still life, including fruit still lifes, flower pieces, banquet still lifes, vanitas still lifes, garland paintings, and pronkstillevens. He was also known for painting fish still lifes representing the Four Elements. His work was highly regarded by collectors, appearing in the collections of traders such as Geraert van Dorth and a…
A chart of Joris van Son's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.