Nicolaes van Verendael or Nicolaes van Veerendael was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who is mainly known for his flower paintings and vanitas still lifes. He was a frequent collaborator of other Antwerp artists to whose compositions he added the still life elements. He also painted a number of singeries, i.e., scenes with monkeys dressed and acting as humans.
Flowers in a glass vase on a ledge
Kitchen still life, collaboration with David Teniers the Younger and Carstian Luyckx
Garland surrounding the Virgin Mary
Vanitas still life with a bunch of flowers, a candle, smoking implements and a skull
Singerie is the name given to a visual arts genre depicting monkeys imitating human behavior, often fashionably attired, intended as a diverting sight, using satire. The term is derived from the French word for "Monkey Trick".
Barbershop with monkeys and cats, Abraham Teniers, mid-17th century
A copy of The Monkey Sculptor, by Antoine Watteau, c. 1710
The art experts by Emmanuel Noterman
Detail from the Grande Singerie, by Christophe Huet, 1737, oil on panel, Château de Chantilly, Chantilly, France