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Vase of Flowers by a Window

1650 · Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie, Dessau

still-life

This is one of the elaborate still-life compositions painted by Van der Ast during his Delft years. The setting shows resemblance to early genre interiors by De Hooch and Vermeer, in particular Vermeer's Letter Reader in Dresden. Van der Ast's still-lifes from this period are characterized by their exceptional refinement of execution, variety of motifs, and scale.

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Vase of Flowers by a Window

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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