HEEM (John David), an able painter, born at Utrecht in 1604. He excelled in painting flowers, fruit,
Heemskirk fruit, vases, and instruments of music, which he performed in such a perfect manner, that a person was apt to attempt taking them in his hand. His colouring is agreeable, and the insects in his pictures appear alive. He died at Antwerp in 1674.
Cornelius de Heem, his son, was also a good painter, though inferior to his father.