Still Life
Janssens Elinga worked in Amsterdam at the same time as the gradually declining Pieter de Hooch (1629-83). They both used the same intimist subject matter - domestic interiors of the better-off classes with little human intervention. Janssens Elingaâs career is barely documented and his dates and places of birth are unknown. This Still life is typical of a certain type of composition: everyday, inexpensive objects have been simply arranged to display the painterâs skill in depicting different surfaces. A human presence is implied by the peeled orange skin and discarded pips.
