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Osias Beert

Paintings

Still Life of Porcelain Vessels Containing Sweets

Oysters and Glasses

Still Life of fruit in a Wan-li Bowl

Still Life with Cherries and Strawberries in Porcelain Bowls

Still life with oysters

Basket of Flowers

Osias Beert or Osias Beert the Elder (c.

1580 – 1623/24) 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 Northern European art. He has been recognized as one of the most influential artists of the earliest generation of still life painters in Flanders.[1]

Life
Basket of flowers

Little is known about this artist's early life.

It is believed that he was born in Antwerp around 1580 and studied under the little-known Andries van Baesrode (or 'van Baseroo'). He joined the city's Guild of St. Luke in 1602 and married Marguerite Ykens on 8 January 1606. He was not only a painter but also