subject matter was termed bodegón and depicted in an austere gloomy style (tenebrismo). Van der Hamen was considered as the greatest Spanish still life painter...

Galatea». Esta radical técnica pictórica, que en España toma el nombre de tenebrismo, traduce también significados alegóricos, antropológicos y simbólicos:...

and illustrations." There are many of his paintings with influences of "tenebrismo", pointillism, post-impressionism, symbolism, cubism, futurism, realism...