(1593/94 - 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.
Related Paintings of Balthasar van der Ast :. | Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio | Wreck in the Moonlight | A ploughing scene in Suffolk | Wheat Fields | Haymaking or Fuly (mk01) | Related Artists: AACHEN, Hans von German Mannerist Painter, 1552-1615
(b Cologne, 1552; d Prague, 4 March 1615). German painter and draughtsman, active also in Italy and Bohemia. One of the foremost painters of the circle gathered at the Prague court of Emperor Rudolf II. Heinrich Foelix painted Kurfurst Clemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen in ca. 1776 Gerhard ter Borch 1617-1681