Van Verendael mainly painted flower pieces, vanitas still lifes and a few allegorical scenes with monkeys. His dated works are from the period between 1659 and 1690. (p.270-272, v.1; plate 105, v.2) He was highly regarded from an early age. He was in demand as a collaborator working with some of the leading Antwerp painters such as David Teniers the Younger, Gonzales Coques, Erasmus Quellinus II, Jan Boeckhorst, Carstian Luyckx and Jan Davidsz. de Heem. Veerendael is known to have collaborated with other artists on works that expanded on the pure flower still lifes of his particular expertise.Nicolaes van Verendael, Vanitas still life with flowers, a skull, hourglass, conch shell and silver jug on a partially draped table at Sotheby's
