Balthasar van der Ast

1593 — 1657

Dutch painter (1593-1657)

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 lifes often contain insects and lizards.

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A tulip, a carnation and roses, with shells and insects, on a ledge

A tulip, a carnation and roses, with shells and insects, on a ledge

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Flowers in a glass vase, shells, a caterpillar and a grasshopper on a stone table

Flowers in a glass vase, shells, a caterpillar and a grasshopper on a stone table

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Pink Carnation

Pink Carnation

Balthasar van der Ast Birmingham Museum of Art
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Still Life with a Carnation and a Crocus, Two Shells, and a Dragonfly, Spider and Flies

Still Life with a Carnation and a Crocus, Two Shells, and a Dragonfly, Spider and Flies

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Still Life with Basket of Shells, a Plate with Fruits and Insects

Still Life with Basket of Shells, a Plate with Fruits and Insects

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Still Life with Fruits and Flowers

Still Life with Fruits and Flowers

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Still Life with Shells and an Autumn Crocus

Still Life with Shells and an Autumn Crocus

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Tulips, roses and other flowers in a basket on a table, with shells, fruit, a lizard and a butterfly

Tulips, roses and other flowers in a basket on a table, with shells, fruit, a lizard and a butterfly

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Wicker basket with fruit, medlars and shells

Wicker basket with fruit, medlars and shells

Balthasar van der Ast Fitzwilliam Museum
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Balthasar van der Ast Rijksmuseum Twenthe
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Balthasar van der Ast Groninger Museum
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Flower Still Life in a Glass Vase in front of a Niche with Butterfly, Lizard, Fly and Dragonfly 1600c

Flower Still Life in a Glass Vase in front of a Niche with Butterfly, Lizard, Fly and Dragonfly

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Flowers in a Glass Vase 1600c

Flowers in a Glass Vase

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Flowers in a Glass Vase with next to ith shells and an insect 1600c

Flowers in a Glass Vase with next to ith shells and an insect

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Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase, with Shells 1600c

Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase, with Shells

Balthasar van der Ast Mauritshuis
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flowers in a wan-li vase, with shells 1600c

flowers in a wan-li vase, with shells

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Fruit, Flowers, and Shells 1600c

Fruit, Flowers, and Shells

Balthasar van der Ast Toledo Museum of Art
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fruit-stillife 1600c

fruit-stillife

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Lizard and Shells 1600c

Lizard and Shells

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Roses, tulips, irises and other flowers in a wicker basket, with fruit and insects on a ledge 1600c

Roses, tulips, irises and other flowers in a wicker basket, with fruit and insects on a ledge

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Sea Shells 1600c

Sea Shells

Balthasar van der Ast Phoenix Art Museum
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Shells on a Table 1600c

Shells on a Table

Balthasar van der Ast Mauritshuis
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Still life with a bowl of fruit surrounded by flowers, shells, fruit, insects and a parrot 1600c

Still life with a bowl of fruit surrounded by flowers, shells, fruit, insects and a parrot

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Still Life with Flowers 1600c

Still Life with Flowers

Balthasar van der Ast Rijksmuseum
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Still life with fruit and shells 1600c

Still life with fruit and shells

Balthasar van der Ast National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
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Still Life with Fruit and Shells 1600c

Still Life with Fruit and Shells

Balthasar van der Ast Nationalmuseum
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Still Life with Rose and Iris 1600c

Still Life with Rose and Iris

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Still-life with Dish of Fruit 1600c

Still-life with Dish of Fruit

Balthasar van der Ast Gemäldegalerie Berlin
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A Vase of Flowers 1610s

A Vase of Flowers

Balthasar van der Ast Ashmolean Museum
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Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase 1610s

Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase

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Fruit and Shells 1610s

Fruit and Shells

Balthasar van der Ast Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
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Still Life of Fruit on a Kraak Porcelain Dish 1616

Still Life of Fruit on a Kraak Porcelain Dish

Balthasar van der Ast Currier Museum of Art
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Balthasar van der Ast Mauritshuis
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flower stillife 1619

flower stillife

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Still Life 1620

Still Life

Balthasar van der Ast Statens Museum for Kunst
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Still Life with Fruits 1620

Still Life with Fruits

Balthasar van der Ast Mauritshuis
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Basket of Flowers 1620s

Basket of Flowers

Balthasar van der Ast National Gallery of Art
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Basket of Fruits 1620s

Basket of Fruits

Balthasar van der Ast Gemäldegalerie Berlin
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Still Life with a Basket of Flowers 1620s

Still Life with a Basket of Flowers

Balthasar van der Ast Nationalmuseum
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Still Life with Fruits, Shells and Insects 1620s

Still Life with Fruits, Shells and Insects

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Basket of Fruits 1622

Basket of Fruits

Balthasar van der Ast National Gallery of Art
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Floral Still Life with Shells 1622

Floral Still Life with Shells

Balthasar van der Ast Saint Louis Art Museum
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Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase 1622

Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase

Balthasar van der Ast Mauritshuis
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Still-life with Dish of Fruits 1622

Still-life with Dish of Fruits

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Still-life with fruit and macaws 1622

Still-life with fruit and macaws

Balthasar van der Ast Fitzwilliam Museum
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Fruit Still Life with Two Parrots 1623

Fruit Still Life with Two Parrots

Balthasar van der Ast Statens Museum for Kunst
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Fruits, Shells and Insects 1623

Fruits, Shells and Insects

Balthasar van der Ast Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
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Still Life of Fruit 1623

Still Life of Fruit

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Flower Still Life in a Glass Vase 1624

Flower Still Life in a Glass Vase

Balthasar van der Ast Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Still life with fruits on a blue bowl and shells 1625

Still life with fruits on a blue bowl and shells

Balthasar van der Ast Rijksmuseum Twenthe
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Stillleben mit Früchten, Muscheln und Insekten 1625

Stillleben mit Früchten, Muscheln und Insekten

Balthasar van der Ast Kunsthaus Zürich
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Vase with a single tulip 1625

Vase with a single tulip

Balthasar van der Ast Mauritshuis
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Chinese Vase with Flowers, Shells and Insects 1628

Chinese Vase with Flowers, Shells and Insects

Balthasar van der Ast Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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Still Life of Flowers, Fruit, Shells, and Insects 1628

Still Life of Flowers, Fruit, Shells, and Insects

Balthasar van der Ast Birmingham Museum of Art
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Still Life of a Vase with Flowers 1629

Still Life of a Vase with Flowers

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Plate with Fruits and Shells 1630

Plate with Fruits and Shells

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Flowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects 1630s

Flowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects

Balthasar van der Ast National Gallery
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Still Life with Flowers, Shells, and Insects 1630s

Still Life with Flowers, Shells, and Insects

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Still Life with Apple Blossoms 1635

Still Life with Apple Blossoms

Balthasar van der Ast Gemäldegalerie Berlin
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Stillleben mit Früchten und Seeschneckenhäusern 1635

Stillleben mit Früchten und Seeschneckenhäusern

Balthasar van der Ast Alte Pinakothek
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Still Life with Shells and Flowers 1637

Still Life with Shells and Flowers

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A basket of flowers with shells on a ledge 1640

A basket of flowers with shells on a ledge

Balthasar van der Ast Fitzwilliam Museum
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A vase of flowers with shells on a ledge 1640s

A vase of flowers with shells on a ledge

Balthasar van der Ast Fitzwilliam Museum
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Flowers, Shells, Butterflies, and Grasshopper 1640s

Flowers, Shells, Butterflies, and Grasshopper

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Still Life with Flowers, Fruit, and Shells 1640s

Still Life with Flowers, Fruit, and Shells

Balthasar van der Ast Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai
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Still life with Shells 1640s

Still life with Shells

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Vase of Flowers by a Window 1644

Vase of Flowers by a Window

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1646

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Floral Study with Beaker, Grasshopper and Seashells

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Floral Study: Carnations in a Vase (detail)

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shells

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Still - life with fruit apples and grapes

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Still life with fruit, shells and insects on a table

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Still Life with Flower

Balthasar van der Ast Yale University Art Gallery
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still-life with flowers in vase

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Balthasar van der Ast Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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Irises, tulips, roses and lily of the valley in a vase with a lizard, a butterfly and a dragonfly before a niche

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Still life of flowers in a glass jug with three shells, a spider and a grasshopper on a ledge

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1618

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Still life of flowers in a porcelain vase, with a monkey and fruit

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Bouquet in a ribbed. glass vase

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Flowers in a porcelain vase, with a tulip and a bluebottle in front

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1620s

Still life

Balthasar van der Ast Art Gallery of South Australia
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Still Life with Fruit and Shells

Balthasar van der Ast Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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Still life with fruit, flowers, insects, shells and cray fish

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1621

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1621

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1621

Bearded irises, a pink and white rose, lily-of-the-valley in a glass pitcher with a parrot tulip and a queen of Spain fritillary in a niche

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1621

Still Life with Basket of Fruit

Balthasar van der Ast North Carolina Museum of Art
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Still life of flowers

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A still life of flowers in a roehmer with a shell ans a grasshopper in the foreground

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Flowers in a little cylindrical bottle

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Basket of fruit and a glass flower vase

Balthasar van der Ast Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie
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Roses, forget-me-nots, an iris and other flowers in a glass vase, with shells, a lizard and lily-of-the-valley on a ledge

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Flower still life with shells and insects

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Flowers in a glass caraffe

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Rose, a Lizard, a Butterfly and a caterpillar

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Still life of roses, tulips, irises, french marigold, and lily of the valley in a glass vase, on a ledge, flanked by shells, a lizard and a caterpillar

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1630s

Still life with a Semper Augustus tulip, a carnation, roses and shells on a ledge

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Still life with shells and a caterpillar

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1632

Basket of fruits

Balthasar van der Ast Gemäldegalerie Berlin
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1635

Still life with a basket of fruit, sea shells and a lizard

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Balthasar van der Ast Taft Museum of Art
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Still life with peaches, insects and shells on a table

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1645

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1800c

Shells

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