Discover painter, draftsperson Balthasar van der Ast

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: Ast, Baltus van der
Ast, Bartholomeus van der
Asch, Baltus vander
mistakenly called Bartholomeus van der Ast (Saur 1992); by Muller 1880: Baltus vander Asch

Monogram: BVA

B.V.A. (ill. in Wurzbach 1906-1911)

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Middelburg (city, Zeeland) 1593/1594
born between June 30th, 1593 and September 13th, 1594 (Jansen et al. 1984; Luijten et al. 1993)

Deceased: Delft (city) 1657/1657-12-19
buried December 19th, 1657 (Ecartico)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of merchant Hans van der Ast (1542 - 1609) and Heyltken Mertens (born 1552-died before 1609); younger brother of Jacob, Johannes van der Ast and Maria van Ast (married to Ambrosius Bosschaert) (Ecartico). On 23 Fenruary 1633 he posted banns with Margrieta Jans van Bueren in Delft; the couple had two daughters, Maria and Helena (Jansen et al. 1984)

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341 hits in RKDimages as artist
5 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
462 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
11 hits in RKDtechnical as artist

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Middelburg (stad, Zeeland) 1609 - 1615
After his father's death, the parental home in Middelburg on Korte Delft was sold, and Balthasar became a ward of his brother Jacob and his brother-in-law Ambrosius Bosschaert and his wife Maria van Ast, in whose house he grew up; for the same reason it is likely that he became an apprentice in the studio of his brother-in-law Ambrosius (I) Bosschaert (Jansen et al. 1984)
Bergen op Zoom (plaats) 1615
He moved from Middelburg to Bergen op Zoom, together with Bosschaert. (Jansen et al. 1984)
Utrecht (stad) 1619 - 1632
registered as a member of the Guild in 1619 (Jansen et al. 1984)
Delft (stad) 1632 - 1657
first mentioned as a citizen on 27 May 1632, while he became a Guild-member on 22 June 1632; the family lived in a house on the east-side of the Oude Delft, near the Oude Kerk, where van der Ast was buried on 9 December 1657 (Jansen et al. 1984).

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bosschaert, Ambrosius (I)
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bosschaert, Abraham
Bosschaert, Ambrosius (II)
Claesz., Anthony (II)

possibly the teacher of Ambrosius (II), Johannes and Abraham Bosschaert, Johannes Bears and Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Saur 1992)
Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: Fornenburgh, Jan Baptist van
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Heem, Jan Davidsz. de
Mast, Dirck van der
Assteyn, Bartholomeus
Aelst, Evert van
Aelst, Willem van
Baers, Johannes
Bloem, Pieter
Bosschaert, Johannes

he probably inspired Johannes Bouman, Evert and Willem van Aelst (Saur 1992)

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: still life, flower piece, fruit piece, landscape (genre), shell still life
still life painter, with the exception of a landscape that was mentioned in a sale of 1737 (Willigen/Meijer 2003)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Member of

Sint-Lucasgilde (Utrecht)
enrolled in 1619 (Muller 1880)
Sint-Lucasgilde (Delft)
enrolled in 1632 (Jansen et al. 1984)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 5 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Van der Aa 1852-1878 , vol. 1 (1852), p. 429
Muller 1880 , p. 113, 134, 138
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 1 (1906), p. 33, vol. 3 (1911), p. 13 (as: Baltus (Balthasar, bei v. Eynden irrtümlich Bartholomoeus) van der Ast)
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 2 (1908), p. 203 (as: Ast, Balthasar van der)
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 12
Bol 1982 , p. 52-60
Montias 1982 , passim
Haak 1984 , p. 205-206
Jansen et al. 1984 , p. 107-108
Saur 1992- , vol. 5 (1992), p. 478-479
Luijten et al. 1993 , p. 299; cat. 280
Briels 1997 , p. 295
Spicer/Orr/Bok 1997 , p. 371-374
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 28 (as: Balthasar van der Ast)
Stolk 2014A , p. 20-21

A. Bredius, 'Het schildersregister van Jan Sysmus, stads-dokter van Amsterdam', Oud Holland 8 (1890), p. 1-2, 217-234; 9 (1891), p. 137-149; 13 (1893), p. 112-120
L.J. Bol, 'Een Middelburgse Brueghel-groep, III: In Bosschaerts spoor: 1. Balthasar van der Ast (...)', Oud-Holland 70 (1955), p. 138-154

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Creation date: 1991-11-20; Last modified date: 2023-07-14

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