Osias Beert the Elder
1580-1624
Osias Beert the Elder was Flemish Baroque painter who specializes in Still Life.
Osias Beert was born in Antwerp. In 1596 he went to study with Andries van Baseroo and in 1602 became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St Luke.
Beert married Marguerite Ykens on 8 January 1606. Contemporary documents describe him as a cork merchant. The esteem enjoyed by Beert is indicated by the large number of pupils he had, including, in 1610 Frans van der Borch, in 1615 Frans Ykens, in 1616 Paulus Pontius and in 1618 Jan Willemssen. Beert's son, Osias Beert the Younger (1622-78), was also a painter and became a master in 1645.
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