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Balthasar van der Ast

1593 - 1657

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Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg, 1593/94 – Delft, 7 March 1657) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes of flowers and fruit, as well as painting a number of remarkable shell still lifes; he is considered to be a pioneer in the genre of shell painting. His still lifes often contain insects and lizards. His lifetime of works was once summarized by an Amsterdam doctor who said, "In flowers, shells and lizards, beautiful". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Balthasar van der Ast is the 659th most popular painter (down from 474th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 59th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Balthasar van der Ast ranks 659 out of 2,023. Before him are Michael Sittow, Francesco Solimena, Emanuel de Witte, Jozef Israëls, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, and Bernardo Daddi. After him are Franz von Bayros, Pierre Soulages, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Jan Toorop, Leonid Pasternak, and Jannis Kounellis.

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Among people born in 1593, Balthasar van der Ast ranks 10. Before him are Jacob Jordaens, Toyotomi Hideyori, George I Rákóczi, Nicolaes Tulp, Matthäus Merian, and Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena. After him are Anthony van Diemen, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, George Herbert, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Sultan Agung of Mataram, and Jean de Brébeuf. Among people deceased in 1657, Balthasar van der Ast ranks 7. Before him are William Harvey, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, Frans Snyders, William Bradford, and Clara Peeters. After him are Jacob van Campen, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Menasseh Ben Israel, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Kâtip Çelebi, and Olimpia Maidalchini.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Balthasar van der Ast ranks 272 out of 1,646. Before him are Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918), Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Pieter van Laer (1599), Sicco Mansholt (1908), Emanuel de Witte (1617), and Jozef Israëls (1824). After him are William, Prince of Orange (1840), Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), Isaac Beeckman (1588), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), and Joan Blaeu (1596).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Balthasar van der Ast ranks 59. Before him are Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Nicolaes Maes (1634), Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Pieter van Laer (1599), Emanuel de Witte (1617), and Jozef Israëls (1824). After him are Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Philips Wouwerman (1619), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Otto van Veen (1556), Philip de Koninck (1619), and Aert de Gelder (1645).

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