List of paintings by Clara Peeters

The following is an incomplete list of works by Clara Peeters that are generally accepted as autograph by the RKD, the art historian Sam Segal and other sources.

ImageTitleYearSizeInventory no.GalleryLocation
Still life with dainties, rosemary, wine, jewels and a burning candle160723.7 cm x 36.7 cmPrivate collection
Still life with flowers, goblet and dainties161152 cm x 73 cmMuseo del PradoMadrid
Still life with tazza, stoneware jug, saltcellar and dainties161155 cm x 73 cmMuseo del PradoMadrid
Still life of fish with a candlestick161150 cm × 72 cmMuseo del PradoMadrid
Game piece with poultry161151 cm x 71 cmMuseo del PradoMadrid
Still life with flowers and gilt goblets161259.2 cm x 49 cm2222Staatliche Kunsthalle KarlsruheKarlsruhe
Still life of fruit and flowers161364 cm x 89 cmLO 137.2Ashmolean MuseumOxford
Still life with grapes on a tazza, a basket of fruit, two crayfish on a plate and a squirrel161334.1 cm x 46.8 cmPrivate collection
Still life with cheese, artichoke and cherries161533.3 cm x 46.7 cmM.2003.108.8Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles
Still life of fish and shrimp, ca. 1615161534.8 cm x 50 cmRoyal Museum of Fine Arts AntwerpAntwerp
Still life with crayfish and an artichoke161533 cm x 46 cmPrivate collection
Still life of fish, oysters and crayfish with a cat161534 cm x 48 cmPrivate collection
Still life with cheese, bread and drinking vessels161534.5 cm x 49 cmMauritshuisThe Hague
Fish still life with a flower bouquet161525 cm x 35 cmSK-A-2111RijksmuseumAmsterdam
Still Life of Fruit, Dead Birds, and a Monkey1615-162047.6 cm x 65.5 cmPrivate collection
Possible self-portrait of Clara Peeters, in vanitas style, seated at a table with flowers in a glass vase161837.2 cm × 50.2 cmPrivate collection
Still Life of Fish and Cat162034.3 cm x 47 cmNational Museum of Women in the ArtsWashington D.C.

The following two similar paintings have the monograph CP and are in the style of Clara Peeters but are listed as anonymous by the RKD, which currently considers the attribution to Peeters rejected.[1]

ImageTitleYearSizeInventory no.GalleryLocation
Breakfast still life1630s71 cm x 109 cm99.308Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonHouston, Texas
Still life with Shellfish and Eggs1630s56.8 x 103.5 cmTWCMS:B4244Shipley Art GalleryGateshead, England

2026 new attribution

In 2022 a re-evaluation of Still Life with Small Game and Grapes on a Gilded Tazza, by Cynthia Osiecki, curator of the National Museum of Norway, led to a new attribution to Peeters. The painting had previously been attributed to Ambrosius Brueghel, but after an early-20th-century reassessment, the work was reclassified as being by "anonymous". The inclusion of a tazza in the composition was similar to other Peeters works and there were also similarities in the positioning of the dead birds, grapes and hazelnuts. The edge of the painting, where Peeters would typically have signed her name, had been destroyed by woodworm.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Breakfast still life and Still life with Shellfish and Eggs in the RKD
  2. ↑ Moorhead, Joanna (7 August 2026). "Buried for not being Brueghel: overlooked masterpiece by still-life pioneer discovered in storage area". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2026.