Evert van Aelst was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 painter.

Van Aelst was the uncle of Willem van Aelst

Willem van Aelst

Willem van Aelst was a Dutch artist who specialized in still-life painting with flowers or game.-Biography:...

. Both were famous for their still life paintings of game, fish, vases, etc. He was influenced by Pieter Claesz

Pieter Claesz

Pieter Claesz was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.-Biography:He was born in Berchem, Belgium, near Antwerp, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1620. He moved to Haarlem in 1621, where his son, the landscape painter Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was born...

. According to Houbraken, he spent four years in France and seven in Italy. When he returned to the Netherlands he settled in Delft, where he set up shop making still lifes, which were highly successful in his lifetime. Emanuel de Witte

Emanuel de Witte

Emanuel de Witte was a Dutch perspective painter. In contrast to Pieter Jansz Saenredam, who emphasized architectural accuracy, De Witte was more concerned with the atmosphere of his interiors. Though few in number, de Witte also produced genre paintings.-Life:De Witte was born in Alkmaar and...

, his nephew Willem and Jacob Denys

Jacob Denys

-Biography:Denys was born and died in Antwerp. According to Houbraken he went to Rome to study the masters and spent three years copying the works of Raphael and Giulio Romano. His patrons were the Duke of Mantua, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and the Duke of Florence,...

were his students.