Ambrosius Bosschaert

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder [ bɔsχa ɾt ː ] (* 1573 in Antwerp, † 1621 in The Hague) was a Flemish painter of the Dutch Golden Age. He was known primarily for its rich colors still life of flower bouquets, such as the flower vase made ​​around 1620 in a window niche.

Life and work

Bosschaert the Elder worked from 1588 in Antwerp and from 1593 to 1613 in Middelburg; later he worked in Utrecht (from 1616) and in Breda.

Bosschaert established the floral still life as a genre within the Dutch art. The accuracy of the representation and the balance in the same color Bosschaerts work which his contemporary Jan Brueghel the Elder.

His style was the younger, Abraham (1612-1635) and John and his son Balthasar van further developed by his three sons, Ambrosius the road.