| | Georg Flegel (1566-1638), a [[Baroque]] Era Painter, is reputed to be the first German [[Still life]] painter; his style eschews Netherlandish refinement in favor of naturalistic precision. [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/21.152.1] Sebastian Stoskopff (1597 – 1657) is considered one of the most important German still life painters of his time. [[Isaak Soreau]] (Frankfurt, 1604 - ca. 1650) and his brother, Peter (1604 - before 1672) trained under Sebastian. Isaac Soreau was born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, and was the son, and probably the pupil, of Daniel Soreau, a painter, architect and wool merchant who had emigrated from Tournai to Frankfurt by 1586. <ref> [http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/isaak-soreau-10-c-88938eb10e ISAAK SOREAU.] </ref> | | Georg Flegel (1566-1638), a [[Baroque]] Era Painter, is reputed to be the first German [[Still life]] painter; his style eschews Netherlandish refinement in favor of naturalistic precision. [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/21.152.1] Sebastian Stoskopff (1597 – 1657) is considered one of the most important German still life painters of his time. [[Isaak Soreau]] (Frankfurt, 1604 - ca. 1650) and his brother, Peter (1604 - before 1672) trained under Sebastian. Isaac Soreau was born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, and was the son, and probably the pupil, of Daniel Soreau, a painter, architect and wool merchant who had emigrated from Tournai to Frankfurt by 1586. <ref> [http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/isaak-soreau-10-c-88938eb10e ISAAK SOREAU.] </ref> |