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Last Name Ast

Given Name Balthasar van der

alt. Names B. v. d. A. ; Bartholomeus (erroneously) van der Ast ;

Marriage Margrieta Jans van Bueren in 1633 ;

Children

Year born 1593 / 1594 in Middelburg, Zeeland

Year died 1657

Place of death Utrecht

Father's occupation (1xxx-1609)

Relatives guardian and painter Ambrosius Bosschaert (brother-in-law), married to his sister Maria in 1604. Nephews Ambrosius Jr., Johannes & Abraham Bosschaert

Education taught by ->Ambrosius Bosschaert

Country of Activity Netherlands

Worked for meecin and scientifical botanist Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) ;

Patronage Lucas Guild ;

Collaborators

Techniques botanical, malacological, entomological, and herpetological painting, watercolour, oil on wood and copper, and drawing ;

Sample(s) http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/ast_balthasar_van_der.html; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Balthasar_van_der_Ast?uselang=de ;

Archival sources Sloane collection, British Museum London ;

Published sources AKL 5 1992: 478 ; ThB 2 1908: 203 ; Pinault 1991: 130 & 223 ;

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