Osias Beert or Osias Beert the Elder was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who played an important role in the early development of flower and "breakfast"-type still lifes as independent genres in N
Still life of porcelain vessels and pewter plates with sweets and chestnuts
Still life of flowers in a stoneware vase, a glass vase and a wicker basket
Still life with oysters on a pewter plate and wine glasses in a niche
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder 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 f
Osias Beert
…in a shallow niche or a basket full of flowers, as is visible in Basket of Flowers at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston are reminiscent of the works of Ambrosius Bosschaert. In his flower pieces each flower is displayed at the peak of its bloom and with great detail. The flowers depicted in the same bouquet often bloomed…
Still-Life of Flowers, 1614, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Still-Life with flowers, 1618, Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm.
Vase of flowers in a window, 1618, Mauritshuis, The Hague.