Johannes Bosschaert (1606/08– 1628/29) was a member of the Bosschaert family of still life painters.

Biography

He was born in

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, one of the three sons of

Ambrosius Bosschaert Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 – 1621) was a Flemish-born Dutch still life painter and art dealer.Johannes Bosschaert
in the

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His brothers

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and

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also became flower painters. He moved with his family and uncle

Balthasar van der Ast Balthasar van der Ast (1593/94 – 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 gen ...

to Bergen op Zoom in 1615, and moved with them again in 1619 to Utrecht, but after his father died in 1621, Johannes became a member of the

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in 1623 and paid membership until 1625. In 1626 he moved south again and became a member of the Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke. He influenced his younger brother Abraham and the Dordrecht painter Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp. Like his father and brothers, he signed his works with a monogram; JB. He died in

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; the precise date of his death is unknown.*

References

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on Artnet {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosschaert, Johannes 1600s births 1620s deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch still life painters Flower artists Painters from Haarlem Painters from Dordrecht Painters from Middelburg Year of death unknown