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Inanimate objects such as fruit, flowers, food and everyday items are painted as the main focus of interest in still lifes. The term derives from the Dutch 'stilleven', which became current from about 1650 as a collective name for this type of sub...

Juan de Zurbarán's 'Still Life with Lemons in a Wicker Basket': Picture of the month July 2025

Explore this vivid still life and the talented young artist who painted it

By Lily Johnson

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One pose, one painting: Life drawing: Bronzino's 'An Allegory with Venus and Cupid'

Study the human form through a sustained pose inspired by Bronzino’s sensual Renaissance masterpiece. Monday, 2 February 2026, 11 am - 5 pm. Enrol from £0.

Event, Courses: Art making

One pose, one painting: Life drawing: Gerrit van Honthorst's 'Saint Sebastian'

Study proportion, pose and the expressive human form in a full day of sustained drawing inspired by van Honthorst’s mastery of the figure. Friday, 20 March 2026, 11 am - 5 pm. Enrol from £135.

Event, Courses: Art making

'Still Life with Drinking-Horn'

Background information about 'Still Life with Drinking-Horn' and other works in the collection, with suggestions on how to use the paintings in the classroom.

Learning notes, suitable for early years foundation stage, key stage 1, key stage 2, key stage 3 and key stage 4

Take One Picture 2013

12 June – 22 September 2013

Past exhibition

Room 25 (Level 2)

Still Life: European Painting 1600–1900

Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present

31 October 2012 – 20 January 2013

Past exhibition

Boilly: Scenes of Parisian Life

Issued February 2019

A Man with Dead Birds

De Hooch never intended a still life of dead birds – who transformed this painting and why?