JACOB VANDEN, a painter of still life, was born at Amsterdam in 1636, and painted summer fruits of various kinds, peaches, pears, apples, plums, nectarines, and cherries, with extraordinary neatness of pencil. He painted all his objects after nature, and imitated every sort of fruit with so great truth and delicacy, with such natural and transparent colour, that they appeared delicious, and almost real. He died in 1676.