(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 :. | Receive baptism | The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775 | Vase of Flowers sf | Self-Portrait | Gentile da Fabriano,Adoration of the Magi (mk36) | Related Artists:
SANDBY, PaulEnglish Rococo Era Painter, ca.1730-1809
Marsal, Mariano Fortuny ySpanish, 1838-1874
Painter and etcher. His work drew both on earlier Spanish art, especially the paintings and etchings of Goya, and on contemporary foreign works, notably the paintings of the Italian Macchiaioli and those of the French artist Ernest Meissonier.
ralph vaughan willamsPeriod: Romantic (1820-1869)
Country: Germany
Born: February 03, 1809 in Hamburg, Germany
Died: November 04, 1847 in Leipzig, Germany