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Elias van den Broeck (1649, in
Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
– buried 6 February 1708, in Amsterdam) was a
Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...
flower painter.


Biography

According to the RKD, in 1665 he became a pupil of
Cornelis Kick Cornelis Kick (bapt. 12 March 1634, in Amsterdam – 18 June 1681, in AmsterdamKick, Cornelis
at then RKD databases) w ...
in Amsterdam, and in 1669 he became a pupil of Jan Davidsz. de Heem in Utrecht.Elias van den Broeck
in the RKD
He is registered in a document stating his intention to go to Italy in 1672 (which may not have taken place). In 1673 he accompanied De Heem to Antwerp, where he became a master in the
Guild of St. Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Four Evangelists, Evangelist Saint Luke, Luke, the patron sa ...
there. In 1685 he returned to Amsterdam, where he lived 'outside the Utrecht gate on the Amstel beyond the Bergenvaarderskamer'. His pupil
Philip van Kouwenbergh Philip van Kouwenbergh (1671 – 1729), was an 18th-century flower painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography He was born in Amsterdam. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Elias van den Broeck and is known for flower still lifes.
also became a good flower painter.Kouwenbergh, Philip van
in the RKD
According to Houbraken, he was born in Antwerp and had been the first and best pupil of Ernst Stuven, whose works showed the influence of De Heem, and he painted all sorts of flowers, herbs, snakes, and salamanders.