Artist
Balthasar van der Ast
Dutch Republic
Balthasar van der Ast is a Dutch Republic Dutch Golden Age painter. 28 works are cataloged here, principally at Fitzwilliam Museum, most of them oil paintings.
Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg, 1593/94 – Delft, 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.
His lifetime of works was once summarized by an Amsterdam doctor who said, "In flowers, shells and lizards, beautiful".
Works by Balthasar van der Ast
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