Elias van den Broeck
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Elias van den Broeck was a Dutch Golden Age
flower painter.
in Amsterdam, and in 1669 he became a pupil of Jan Davidsz. de Heem. He is registered in Italy in 1672. In 1673 he accompanied De Heem to Antwerp, where he became a master in the Guild of St. Luke there. In 1685 he returned to Amsterdam, where he stayed. His pupil Philip van Kouwenbergh also became a good flower painter.
According to Houbraken, he had been the first and best pupil of Ernst Stuven
, not Kick. His works showed the influence of De Heem, and he painted all sorts of flowers, herbs, snakes, and salamanders. He lived outside the Utrecht gate on the Molenpad in Amsterdam where he kept a garden for his studio needs. Houbraken claimed that he died in 1711.
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
flower painter.
Biography
According to the RKD, he was born in Antwerp, but in 1665 he became a pupil of Cornelis KickCornelis Kick
Cornelis Kick was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:Kick was trained by his father, the painter Simon Kick , who painted prestigious schuttersstukken. Cornelis Kick is recorded as a painter from 1650 and specialized in flower still lifes in the manner of Jan Davidsz de Heem...
in Amsterdam, and in 1669 he became a pupil of Jan Davidsz. de Heem. He is registered in Italy in 1672. In 1673 he accompanied De Heem to Antwerp, where he became a master in the Guild of St. Luke there. In 1685 he returned to Amsterdam, where he stayed. His pupil Philip van Kouwenbergh also became a good flower painter.
According to Houbraken, he had been the first and best pupil of Ernst Stuven
Ernst Stuven
Ernst Stuven was a German Baroque flower painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken, he was born in Hamburg, where he was initially trained by Georg Hainz. At the age of eighteen he moved to Amsterdam , where he became a pupil of Johannes Voorhout, who he knew from Hamburg...
, not Kick. His works showed the influence of De Heem, and he painted all sorts of flowers, herbs, snakes, and salamanders. He lived outside the Utrecht gate on the Molenpad in Amsterdam where he kept a garden for his studio needs. Houbraken claimed that he died in 1711.
External links
- Christie's (Circle of Elias van den Broeck)
- Elias van den Broeck (Biography and selected works)