About the artist
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialised in still life paintings of flowers. He was born in Antwerp in 1573 and moved to Middelburg in the Netherlands in 1593. He was a member of the Bosschaert family of still life painters, and his sons Ambrosius the Younger and Johannes Bosschaert also became painters.
Also associated with: Dutch Golden Age, Antwerp, Middelburg, Bosschaert family, Ambrosius the Younger, Johannes Bosschaert.