Johannes Bosschaert was a member of the Bosschaert family of still life

Still life

A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...

 painters.

Biography

He was one of three sons of Ambrosius Bosschaert

Ambrosius Bosschaert

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age.-Biography:He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg , where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution...

 who painted flowers in a similar style. His brothers Ambrosius

Ambrosius Bosschaert II

Ambrosius Bosschaert II was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in flower paintings in the manner of his father Ambrosius Bosschaert.-Biography:...

 and Abraham

Abraham Bosschaert

Abraham Bosschaert was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:Bosschaert was born in Middelburg. According to the RKD he was a member of the Bosschaert dynasty. Like his father Ambrosius Bosschaert and older brothers, he signed his works with a monogram; AB, but this was only discovered in 1992...

 also became flower painters. He moved with his family and uncle Balthasar van der Ast

Balthasar van der Ast

Balthasar van der Ast 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 genre of shell painting. His still lifes often contain insects and lizards...

 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 Haarlem Guild of St. Luke

Haarlem Guild of St. Luke

The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for a large number of trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.-History:...

 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 brother Abraham and the Dordrecht painter Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp

Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp

Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp was a portrait and landscape painter. He was born and died in Dordrecht, and was the half-brother of Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp and the father of the much more famous Aelbert Cuyp....

. Like his father and brothers, he signed his works with a monogram; JB. The precise date of his death is unknown..