Background
Juriaen van Streeck was born on February 29, 1632 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Juriaen van Streeck was born on February 29, 1632 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Juriaen van Streeck excelled at all still life subjects, including helmets, books, letters, musical instruments, and skulls or dead animals to indicate the transcience of life. He was a follower of Willem Kalf and influenced Barend van der Meer.
Juriaen van Streeck died on June 12, 1687, at the age of 55, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. When Van Streeck died, he was an innkeeper in Kerkstraat.
In 1653 Juriaen van Streeck married Grietje Claes. The couple lived in several locations in the Jordaan, Netherlands, then moved to Prinsengracht, Netherlands. They had nine children, three were buried young.
One of his sons was Hendrick van Streeck, who became a student of Emanuel de Witte and painted church interiors.