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Balthasar van der Ast

Balthasar van der Ast

Balthasar van der Ast painted still lifes of flowers, fruit and shells, often with insects and lizards crawling among them. Every petal and shell is painted with jewel-like precision, and he was one of the first painters to make shells a subject in their own right.

He was born in Middelburg in 1593 or 1594 and after his father’s death trained with his brother-in-law, the flower painter Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder. He moved with the Bosschaert family to Bergen op Zoom and Utrecht, where he joined the painters’ guild in 1619, and later settled in Delft, where he died in 1657. Jan Davidsz de Heem was among his pupils. His paintings hang in the Mauritshuis, the National Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.

In A Basket of Flowers with Shells on a Ledge, look for the small creatures. There is usually a butterfly or lizard hiding somewhere.

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A Basket of Flowers with Shells on a Ledge by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Basket of Flowers with Shells on a LedgeBalthasar van der Ast$249A basket of Grapes and other fruit by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA basket of Grapes and other fruitBalthasar van der Ast$249Floral Study Carnations in a Vase b by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionFloral Study Carnations in a VaseBalthasar van der Ast$259Floral Study Carnations in a Vase by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionFloral Study Carnations in a VaseBalthasar van der Ast$259Your own photo?

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Commission a painting Floral Study with beaker grasshopper and seashells by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionFloral Study with beaker grasshopper and seashellsBalthasar van der Ast$249Flowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects 1630 by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionFlowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects 1630Balthasar van der Ast$249Roses Tulips in a basket by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionRoses Tulips in a basketBalthasar van der Ast$249St Jerome 1500 by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionSt Jerome 1500Balthasar van der Ast$259Still Life of Cherries and Peaches by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionStill Life of Cherries and PeachesBalthasar van der Ast$249Still Life of Flowers, Shells, and Insects 1635 by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionStill Life of Flowers, Shells, and Insects 1635Balthasar van der Ast$249Still Life of Fruit and a Basket of Flowers 1623 by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionStill Life of Fruit and a Basket of Flowers 1623Balthasar van der Ast$249Still Life with Flowers, Fruit, and Shells 1640 by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionStill Life with Flowers, Fruit, and Shells 1640Balthasar van der Ast$259Still Life by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionStill LifeBalthasar van der Ast$259Vase of Flowers by a Window 1650-57 by Balthasar van der Ast, hand-painted oil painting reproductionVase of Flowers by a Window 1650-57Balthasar van der Ast$249