Ambrosius Bosschaert Oil Painting Reproductions

Ambrosius Bosschaert: Baroque Floral Still Life Paintings

Ambrosius Bosschaert, also known as Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, is the foremost pioneer of flower still life paintings. His name is synonymous with oil paintings from the Baroque period and the Dutch Golden Age.

Art enthusiasts celebrate Bosschaert’s flower art for its meticulous attention to detail, and he often features various flowers in his compositions. He paints flowers with dramatic lighting and rich colors.

The History of Still Life Flower Paintings

During the Baroque Art period, the popularity of flower paintings soared, and Ambrosius Bosschaert was a key figure in creating this specific genre of art. His paintings, beyond their visual appeal, carry profound symbolic meanings. His works beautifully capture the transient beauty of flowers, a theme that resonated with Baroque thinking.

Famous Paintings of Flowers by Ambrosius Bosschaert

• Still, Life of Flowers 1614 is a colorful painting that forms part of the Getty Museum Collection. It depicts a beautiful array of flowers in a basket, but also, like so many of the artist’s still life paintings, includes a dragonfly, butterflies, and other insects.
• Bouquet in a Wan Li Vase with Gilt Mount c1620 is another Ambrosius Bosschaert still life flower painting, featuring tulips with a butterfly resting on a fallen stem. The Chinese Emperor Wan Li reigned from 1563 to 1620, and many of Bosschaert’s paintings of flowers feature a vase from this period.
• Vase of Flowers in a Window, painted in 1618, is on view at the Mauritshuis Museum in the Hague. The Museum is famous for is prestigious collection of Dutch Golden Age paintings. Its masterpiece paintings include Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl and Earring and a collection of Baroque paintings by Rembrandt.

The Legacy of Ambrosius Bosschaert Paintings

Bosschaert’s floral still life paintings captivate the viewer and provide a window into the Baroque period. Art collectors prize his oil paintings for their beauty and historical significance.

Bosschaert’s famous paintings were an inspiration to Helen Augusta Hamburger. Although English by birth, she lived in Amsterdam in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of her paintings are reminiscent of paintings by Ambrosius Bosschaert.

Jan van Huysum, another Dutch Golden Age artist, born in 1682, almost a century after Ambrosius Bosschaert. He also lived and painted in Amsterdam and was a contemporary of Rachel Ruysch. While Jan van Huysum completed some landscape paintings, his still life flower paintings earned him great success during his lifetime.

Major art museums display the famous flower paintings of Jan Davidsz de Heem, another Dutch Baroque artist.  The National Gallery of Art in Washington displays his oil painting, Vase of Flowers 1660.

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