Biography

Adriaen Jansz. Kraen (also spelt Craen), Dutch painter. He was active in Haarlem where he was first mentioned in 1637. He enrolled as a student of Jacob Willemsz. de Wet the Elder in 1638. He became master of the guild in 1642.

He was a specialist in the fruit still-life genre, many of his still-lifes were erroneously attributed to Willem Claesz. Heda and Pieter Claesz.