Elias van den Broeck

Antwerp 1650/1651 – Amsterdam 1708

A Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase

Signed ‘Elias vd Broeck’
Oil on canvas
H. 62,5 cm. W. 52,5 cm.

PROVENANCE
Private collection

REFERENCE LITERATURE
Willigen, A. van der & Meijer, F.G. (2003). A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still Life Painters Working in Oil 1525-1724. Leiden, p. 52

CATALOGUE NOTE
Elias van den Broeck was pupil of Cornelis Kick in Amsterdam for 4 years. Between 1669 and1671 he was pupil of Jan Davidsz. de Heem in Utrecht. He moved to Antwerp in 1672, possibly with Jan Davidsz. de Heem and became a master in the Guild of St. Luke a year later. In 1685 he moves to Amsterdam. His still lifes of flowers can easily be recognized from their typical nightly atmosphere.