Balthasar van der Ast
Dutch painter
Balthasar van der Ast 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... Wikipedia
Born: 1593, Middelburg, Netherlands
Died: March 7, 1657 (age 64 years), Delft, Netherlands
Periods: Baroque and Dutch Golden Age
Nationality: Dutch
Education: Ambrosius Bosschaert
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