Painter and dealer. He left Antwerp with
his parents c. 1587 because as Protestants they
were vulnerable to religious persecution; the family
moved to Middelburg, where in 1593 Ambrosius became a
member of the Guild of St Luke, of which he served as
Dean on several occasions (1597, 1598, 1603, 1604, 1612
and 1613). In 1604 he married Maria van der Ast, the
sister of Balthasar van der Ast who later became his
pupil and possible collaborator. Bosschaert bought a
house in Middelburg in 1611. There are flower-pieces by
Bosschaert that are signed (with a monogram) and dated
between 1605 and 1621, though there were two periods of
artistic inactivity, in 1611–13 and 1615–16, when he was
probably more active as a dealer in the art of both
Dutch and foreign artists (e.g. Veronese and Georg
Flegel). He was recorded in Bergen-op-Zoom in 1615 and
became a citizen of Utrecht in 1616, where his name
appears in the register of the Utrecht Guild of St Luke
for the same year. In 1619 he was involved in a court
case in Breda, where he lived from that year. He died
during a journey to The Hague.
Flowers in a Glass Vase 1619
oil on panel
private collection, New York
Bouquet in an Arched Window
1620
Oil on wood
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Bouquet of Flowers
c. 1620
Oil on copper, 23 x 17 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Flower Piece
Oil on wood
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Still-Life of Flowers
Oil on wood
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Vaso chino con flores
Still-Life of Flowers
Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vase 1621
Flowers in a Vase 1614
Still Life with Fruit and Flowers 1620-21
Flowers in a Glass 1606
Glass with four tulips
Flowers in a Glass Beaker
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