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Bouquet of Flowers

1624 · Private collection

still-life

This small, jewel-like copper shows a bouquet of flowers on a ledge, together with a shell and a grasshopper, a panoramic landscape beyond. In it, Balthasar van der Ast pays direct homage to his brother-in-law and likely teacher, Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder.

Bouquet of Flowers

About the Artist

Balthasar van der Ast

1594 – 1657

Dutch still-life painter, the brother-in-law of Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, with whom he trained in Middelburg. He worked in Utrecht before settling in Delft in 1632. His touch was less exquisite than Bosschaert's, but his range was wider, his paintings often including fruit and shells as well as flowers. Jan Davidsz. de Heem was his pupil in Utrecht.

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