Juan Sánchez Cotán
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Juan Sánchez Cotán was a Spanish Baroque painter, a pioneer of realism in Spain. His still lifes and bodegones were painted in an austere style, especially when compared to similar works in the Netherlands and Italy.
Sánchez Cotán painted several Catholic works for the Carthusians, like The Carthusians Building the First Monastery of Santa Maria de las Cuevas; after 1603, Granada Charterhouse.
Sánchez Cotán utilized motifs of Tenebrism in several of his religious works, such as The Virgin Waking the Child; 1603–27, 110 × 84 cm, Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada.
Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber, c. 1602, 69 × 84 cm, San Diego Museum of Art.
Juan van der Hamen
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Juan van der Hamen y (Gómez de) León was a Spanish painter, a master of still life paintings, also called bodegones. Prolific and versatile, he painted allegories, landscapes, and large-scale works for churches and convents. Today he is remembered mostly for his still lifes, a genre he popularized in 1620s Madrid.
Still life with fruits and glassware, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Still life with flowers, artichokes and glassware, 1627 Museo del Prado
Offering to Flora, 1627 Museo del Prado, Madrid
Still life with artichokes, figs peaches and apples, 1627