Balthasar van der Ast | |
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![]() Still Life of Flowers, Fruit, Shells, and Insects, c. 1629, Birmingham Museum of Art | |
Born | 1593 or 1594 |
Died | 1657 |
Education | Ambrosius Bosschaert |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Dutch Golden Age painting |
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.[1]
His lifetime of works was once summarized by an Amsterdam doctor who said, "In flowers, shells and lizards, beautiful".[2]
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