Balthasar van der Ast

Balthasar van der Ast

Middelburg, vers 1593 - Delft, 1657

Fleurs dans une coupe en verre, coquillages, papillons et sauterelle

 vers 1640-1650

Huile sur bois (chêne)
H. : 52, 7 cm ; L. : 42 cm

 Musée du Louvre

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593 – 1657)

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593/94 –  1657)

Vase of Flowers by a Window

Vase of Flowers by a Window, probably ca. 1650–57
Balthasar van der Ast
Middelburg 1593/94–1657 Delft
Oil on wood; 26 3/8 x 38 5/8 in. (67 x 98 cm)
Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593/94 – 1657) -biography

Basket of Flowers, c. 1622
oil on panel
painted surface: 17.8 x 23.5 cm
Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.


Balthasar van der Ast
Dutch, 1593/1594 - 1657
Balthasar van der Ast was born in Middelburg, The Netherlands. Although the date of his birth is not recorded, legal action by his acting guardian and brother, Jacob, on 30 June 1618 and on 13 September 1619 indicates that Balthasar turned twenty-five (his maturity) around this time. THus he was probably born between 1593 and 1594. He was orphaned when his father Hans, a wealthy widower, died in 1609. After his father's death he may have lived with his older sister Maria and her husband, the still-life painter Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621). Van der Ast's paintings show the impact of Bosschaert's art, which he could have seen in his brother-in-law's studio. He seems to have accompanied Bosschaert when the couple moved from Middelburg to Bergen op Zoom and then to Utrecht.

In 1619 Van der Ast joined the Saint Luke's Guild in Utrecht. While there he probably trained Bosschaert's three sons after their father had died in 1621. He also taught Jan Davidsz. de Heem. In 1632 he moved to Delft and joined that city's Saint Luke's Guild. He and his wife, Margrieta Jans van Burn, whom he married in 1633, had two daughters, Maria and Helena. Van der Ast died in Delft in December 1657 and was buried in the Oude Kerk there.

bibliography

Bol, Laurens J. The Bosschaert Dynasty. Leigh-on-Sea, 1960.

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593/94 – 1657) -video

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Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593 – 1657) - tulip

TULIP

1620s or 1639s
31.3 x 20.2 cm.
Collection Frits Lugt, Institut Néerlandais, Paris

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593 – 1657)

Balthasar van der Ast

FLOWERS IN A VASE WITH SHELLS AND INSECTS

c. 1630
47 x 36.8 cm.
National Gallery, London

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593 – 1657)

Still Life  - Oil on panel -46x59.5 cm

State Hermitage Museum

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593 – 1657)

Balthasar van der Ast

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Still Life with Flowers.

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Flowers in a glass vase, shells, a caterpillar and a grasshopper on a stone table

Huile sur toile-59 × 43 cm-Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593 – 1657)

Balthasar van der Ast

/Still Life with Flowers

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593 – 1657)

Balthasar van der Ast

/Still Life with Fruit and Flowers

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593 – 1657)

Balthasar van der Ast 

/  corbeille de fruit

Staatliche Museen, Berlin  14x20 cm

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