Balthasar van der Ast
Roses with a butterfly and a grasshopper
Still Life with Basket of Fruit
Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase
Peaches Plums Oranges Apples
Still Life of Flowers, Fruit, Shells, and Insects
Fruit Still Life with Shells and Tulip
Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase, with Shells
Still-Life with Apple Blossoms
Still-Life of Flowers, Shells, and Insects
Flower Still-Life with Shell and Insects
Flowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects
Still-Life with Flowers, Fruit, and Shells
Still-Life with a Basket of Flowers
Still-Life with Plums, Cherries, and Shells
Still-Life with Fruits, Shells and Insects
Drawings
A Dictamnus
Still Life with Fruit and seashells
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Still Life with Basket of Fruit
Balthasar van der Ast (1593/94 – 7 March 1657) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes of flowers and fruit, as well as painting a number of remarkable shell still lifes; he is considered to be a pioneer in the genre of shell painting. His still lifes often contain insects and lizards. He was born in Middelburg and died at Delft. His lifetime of works was once summarized by an Amsterdam doctor who said, "In flowers, shells and lizards, beautiful".
Biography
Balthasar van der Ast was born in Middelburg in the Southern Dutch province of Zeeland, in the family of a prosperous wool merchant. His birth was not recorded, but years later, on June 30, 1618, his older brother Jacob’s legal action indicated that Balthasar was around 25 years old at the time, making his birth date 1593 or 1594. His father, Hans, was a widower, and when he died in 1609, Bathasar moved in with his older sister, Maria, and his brother-in-law, the prominent Dutch painter Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573–1621), whom Maria married in 1604. Van der Ast was trained by Bosschaert as a still life painter, and his early works clearly show Bosschaert’s influence.[2] In turn, the three sons of Ambrosius Bosschaert, Ambrosius the Younger (1609–1645), Johannes (ca. 1612/13-1628 or later), and Abraham (1606-1683/84) were trained by van der Ast upon the death of their father.[2] Together, this group of painters is sometimes referred to as the “Bosschaert dynasty”.
Van der Ast accompanied the Bosschaert family in their move in 1615 to Bergen op Zoom and in 1619 to Utrecht, where van der Ast entered the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke.[2] Roelandt Savery (1576–1639) entered the St. Luke’s guild in Utrecht at about the same time. Savery, had considerable influence on van der Ast and his pupils in the years to come, especially in van der Ast’s interest in tonality.[2] Besides the Bosschaerts, his pupils were Anthony Claesz and Johannes Baers.[2] It is also likely that Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-1683/84) was van der Ast’s pupil in Utrecht.[2] He also influenced Willem and Evert van Aelst, and Bartholomeus Assteyn.[2]
Van der Ast remained in Utrecht until 1632, when he moved to Delft and joined the guild of St Luke on 22 June 1633.[2] On February 26, 1633 he married Margrieta Jans van Buijeren. They had two children, Maria and Helena. In Delft, van der Ast and family lived in the house on Cellebroerstraat until 1640, and in the house in Oude Delft until his death in 1657, when he was buried in the Oude Kerk.
Legacy
van der Ast has paintings in public collections including nine in the United Kingdom.[3]
References
Birmingham Museum of Art (2010). Birmingham Museum of Art : guide to the collection. [Birmingham, Ala]: Birmingham Museum of Art. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-904832-77-5.
Balthasar van der Ast in the RKD
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