Still-Life of Flowers
painted Paradise in ca. 1620 Date first half of 17th century
Medium Oil on oak panel
Dimensions Height: 47 cm (18.5 in). Width: 34 cm (13.4 in).
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Painting ID:: 86429
Ambrosius Bosschaert first half of 17th century
Medium oil on panel
cyf Still-Life of Flowers (Antwerp, January 18, 1573?CThe Hague, 1621) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age.He started his career in Antwerp, but spend most of it in Middelburg (1593?C1613), where he became dean of the painters' guild. He later worked in Amsterdam (1614), Bergen op Zoom (1615?C1616), Utrecht (1616?C1619), and Breda (1619). He specialised in painting still lifes with flowers. In 1587, Ambrosius Bosschaert moved from Antwerp to Middelburg with his family because of the threat of religious persecution. At the age of twenty-one, he joined the cityes Guild of Saint Luke. Not long after, Bosschaert had established himself as a leading figure in the fashionable floral painting genre.
