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1573 Antwerp, Belgium - 1621 The Hague, Holland. Known for: Floral still life painting.
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 - 1621) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age*. He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg... Read full biography
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 - 1621) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age*. He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg (1587-1613), where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution. He... Read full biography
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 - 1621) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age*. He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg (1587-1613), where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution. He specialized in painting still lifes with flowers, which he signed with the monogram AB (the B in the A). At the age of twenty-one, he joined the city's Guild of Saint Luke* and later became dean. Not long... Read full biography
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 - 1621) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age*. He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg (1587-1613), where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution. He specialized in painting still lifes with flowers, which he signed with the monogram AB (the B in the A). At the age of twenty-one, he joined the city's Guild of Saint Luke* and later became dean. Not long after, Bosschaert had married and established himself as a leading figure in the fashionable floral painting genre. He had three sons who all became flower painters; Ambrosius II, Johannes and Abraham. His brother-in-law Balthasar van der Ast also... Read full biography
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 - 1621) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age*. He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg (1587-1613), where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution. He specialized in painting still lifes with flowers, which he signed with the monogram AB (the B in the A). At the age of twenty-one, he joined the city's Guild of Saint Luke* and later became dean. Not long after, Bosschaert had married and established himself as a leading figure in the fashionable floral painting genre. He had three sons who all became flower painters; Ambrosius II, Johannes and Abraham. His brother-in-law Balthasar van der Ast also lived and worked in his workshop and moved with him on his travels. Bosschaert later worked in Amsterdam (1614), Bergen op Zoom... Read full biography
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Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 - 1621) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age*.
He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg (1587-1613), where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution. He specialized in painting still lifes with flowers, which he signed with the monogram AB (the B in the A). At the age of twenty-one, he joined the city's Guild of Saint Luke* and later became dean. Not long after, Bosschaert had married and established himself as a leading figure in the fashionable floral painting genre.
He had three sons who all became flower painters; Ambrosius II, Johannes and Abraham. His brother-in-law Balth...But wait, there's more...
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