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Ambrosius Bosschaert

1573 - 1621

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Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 – 1621) was a Flemish-born Dutch still life painter and art dealer. He is recognised as one of the earliest painters who created floral still lifes as an independent genre. He founded a dynasty of painters who continued his style of floral and fruit painting and turned Middelburg into the leading centre for flower painting in the Dutch Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ambrosius Bosschaert is the 554th most popular painter (up from 624th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 208th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among painters, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 554 out of 2,023. Before him are Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Remedios Varo, Paloma Picasso, Sebastiano Ricci, and Martiros Saryan. After him are Anton von Werner, Willem Kalf, Pierre Puget, Anton Ažbe, Peter von Cornelius, and Jan Davidsz. de Heem.

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Among people born in 1573, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 9. Before him are Simon Marius, Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Inigo Jones. After him are George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Jagat Gosain, Ukita Hideie, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Odoardo Farnese, and Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz. Among people deceased in 1621, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 13. Before him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Michael Praetorius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Şehzade Mehmed, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, and Cristofano Allori. After him are Johann Arndt, Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Antoine de Montchrestien, Catherine Stenbock, Jan Jesenius, and John Berchmans.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 199 out of 1,190. Before him are The Singing Nun (1933), Clara Peeters (1594), Raymond Goethals (1921), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), and Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802). After him are Victor Serge (1890), Jan Ceulemans (1957), Hugo Claus (1929), Begga (615), Silvio Gesell (1862), and Paul van Zeeland (1893).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 33. Before him are Jan Matsys (1509), Abraham Brueghel (1631), Maerten de Vos (1532), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Constantin Meunier (1831), and Clara Peeters (1594). After him are Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626), Roelant Savery (1576), Juan de Flandes (1450), and Frans Masereel (1889).

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