Balthasar van der Ast

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Balthasar van der Ast was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his detailed still lifes featuring flowers, shells, and insects.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch Golden Age painter
human
painter
activePeriod early 17th century
mid 17th century
artForm oil painting
artHistoricalSchool Utrecht still-life school
associatedWith Bosschaert family of painters
birthCountry Dutch Republic
birthPlace Middelburg NERFINISHED
birthYear 1593
1594
deathPlace Delft NERFINISHED
deathYear 1657
familyRelation brother-in-law of Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
field painting
genre still life
guildMembership Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke
influenced Jan Davidsz de Heem NERFINISHED
Willem van Aelst
subsequent Dutch still-life painters
influencedBy Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
knownFor flower still lifes
fruit still lifes
shell still lifes
still lifes with insects
memberOf Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke
movement Dutch Golden Age
name Balthasar van der Ast NERFINISHED
nationality Dutch
notableWorkType floral still life paintings
vanitas still lifes
regionOfActivity Dutch Republic
relative Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
signatureLanguage Latin
style detailed rendering of natural objects
refined composition
subjectMatter books
flowers
fruit
glassware
insects
musical instruments
shells
trainedBy Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder NERFINISHED
workedIn Delft NERFINISHED
Middelburg NERFINISHED
Utrecht NERFINISHED

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Guild of Saint Luke (Delft)
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