Abraham Bosschaert

Bouquet of flowers with a butterfly on a stone slab

Abraham Bosschaert (1612–1643) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

Bosschaert was born in Middelburg. According to the RKD he was a member of the Bosschaert dynasty.[1] Like his father Ambrosius Bosschaert and older brothers, he signed his works with a monogram; AB, but this was only discovered in 1992.[1] His older brothers Ambrosius Bosschaert II and Johannes Bosschaert were his first teachers after the death of his father in 1623, but he also took lessons from his uncle Balthasar van der Ast in Utrecht from 1628-1637.[1] In 1637 he moved to Amsterdam, but by 1643 he had returned to Utrecht, where he was buried on April 4, 1643.[1]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abraham Bosschaert.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.