Ast Balthazar

As a rule, Italian and French still lifes in the 17th century still tend to strictly objective description of actual phenomena. The Dutch were still in the tradition of “disguised

Still lifes of van der Astes may or may not like, but it is unlikely that another artist can be found in the paintings of such insects

Baltazar van der Ast studied painting with his brother-in-law Ambrosius Bosshart. He also painted still lifes with flowers, although he differed from his teacher in more complex compositions. In this

In this horizontal still life, Van der Ast shows many sea shells, flowers, and insects on a stone surface. The artist avoids any imposition of objects, each one can be