Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder Painting Reproductions Gallery 1 of 1
1573-1621Dutch Baroque Painter
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (Antwerp, January 18, 1573 - The Hague, 1621) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age. He started his career in Antwerp, but spend most of it in Middelburg (1593-1613), where he became dean of the painters' guild. He later worked in Amsterdam (1614), Bergen op Zoom (1615-1616), Utrecht (1616–1619), and Breda (1619). He specialised in painting still lifes with flowers.
In 1587, Ambrosius Bosschaert moved from Antwerp to Middelburg with his family because of the threat of religious persecution. At the age of twenty-one, he joined the city's Guild of Saint Luke. Not long after, Bosschaert had established himself as a leading figure in the fashionable floral painting genre. His bouquets were painted symmetrically and with scientific accuracy in small dimensions and normally on copper. They sometimes included symbolic and religious meanings. At the time of his death, Bosschaert commanded a thousand amateur painters for the production of one floral painting. Bosschaert became one of the first artists to specialise in still life, and in doing so he started a tradition of painting detailed flower bouquets, which typically consisted of tulips, roses and an exotic species. His sons and his pupil and brother-in-law, Balthasar van der Ast, were among those to uphold the Bosschaert dynasty which continued until the mid-17th century. It may not be a coincidence that this trend coincided with a national obsession with exotic flowers which made flower portraits highly sought after. Although he was highly in demand, he did not create many pieces because he was also employed as an art dealer.
21 Paintings of Ambrosius Bosschaert
Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery The Hague Netherlands
Bouquet in an Arched Window
$2673
$52.94
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands
Still Life with Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase
$1778
$48.52
Alte Pinakothek Munich Germany
Still Life of Flowers
$3509
$48.85
Liechtenstein Museum Vienna Austria
Bouquet of Flowers in a Niche
$2479
$48.52
Private Collection
Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Roemer
$1914
$48.52
Louvre Museum Paris France
Still Life of Flowers in a Drinking Glass
$2479
$48.52
Private Collection
Still Life with Flowers
$3002
$48.52
Private Collection
Still Life with Flowers
$2351
$48.52
Private Collection
Still Life with Roses in a Berkemeijer Glass
$2472
$48.52
Cleveland Museum of Art Ohio USA
Flowers in a Glass
$3034
$48.52
National Gallery of Art Washington USA
Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vase
$3123
$48.52
National Gallery London United Kingdom
Flowers in a Glass Vase
$2712
$48.52
Norton Simon Museum of Art Pasadena USA
Flowers in a Glass Beaker
$2765
$48.52
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands
Still Life with Fruit and Flowers
$3059
$48.52
Private Collection
A Still Life with a Bouquet of Tulips
$2018
$48.52
Private Collection
Still Life with a Wan'li Vase of Flowers
$1213
$48.52
J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles USA
Flower Still Life
$3005
$48.52
National Gallery London United Kingdom
Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase
$4923
$84.54
Ashmolean Museum Oxford United Kingdom
A Vase of Flowers
$2848
$48.52
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid Spain
Chinese Vase with Flowers, Shells and Insects
$4551
$54.15
Private Collection
Flowers in a Vase
$2354
$48.52