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A Dictamnus
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A Dictamnus

Medium

Watercolor, gouache

Dimensions

Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 1/16 in. (31.5 × 20.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Van Day Truex Fund, 2016

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Balthasar van der Ast

1593–1657Dutch Republic

Brother-in-law of Ambrosius Bosschaert, in whose household he lived for a time. Known for his still life paintings incorporating shells, flowers, and insects.