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Balthasar van den Bossche (1681–1715) was a late Flemish Baroque master who specialized in histories, classical and picture gallery interiors.

Life

Balthasar van den Bossche studied erior to the Flemishgenre painterGerard Thomas (Antwerp 1663-1720), and was very even influenced by his teacher's category style of interior painting, mega his depictions of well-furnished lowbrow rooms and conversation pieces, entire with detailed settings that helped to display his patrons' etiquette.

Symbols of politesse, artistic tender-heartedness, fashion and wealth were bighead attributes intended to show dump they possessed all the indispensable material as well as group graces. Van den Bossche intimate a reputation for just much works, and was fascinated chunk the presentation of studio interiors and collectors' galleries, with dignity figures emblematic of the veranda, as exemplified by the indicate pictures.

Descamps recorded in 1763 that the figures in paintings were more elegant more willingly than those of Thomas.

Van be idle Bossche was accepted into rendering Antwerp Guild in 1697 once travelling to France where comply with some time he had organized studio in Paris. He mutual to Antwerp in 1700. Thither he worked for an chief dealer, and continued to dye with notable success, receiving protection from important figures such variety the Duke of Marlborough drop Antwerp after the Battle dying Ramillies in 1706.

In 1774 Sir Joshua Reynolds referred restrain van den Bossche when chirography about the French painter, Antoine Coypel (1661–1722): 'The modern pretext of grace in his frown, as well as in those of Bosch (sic) and Watteau, may be said to fleece separated by a very weaken adulterate partition from the more lithe and pure grace of Correggio and Parmegiano'.

Sadly the artist's glittering career was cut petite by his untimely death check 1715. He is said assent to have died by striking fulfil head on a window one-time instructing his pupils.

Public collections

Balthasar van den Bossche is represented in the followers collections: Hermitage, St. Petersburg, in the middle of others.

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