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Jan Baptist van Fornenburgh

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Jan Baptist van Fornenburgh (1585 in Antwerp – 1650 in the Hague) was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter.

According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, the artist signed his works with a monogram; sometimes "IBVF" and sometimes "IB".[1] He worked in Amsterdam and Vianen, as well as the Hague, where he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1629.[1] He was a follower of Balthasar van der Ast and Jacob de Gheyn II.[1]

Work

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In addition to flowers, van Fornenburgh painted dead birds, fruits and other objects, in oil or watercolour, on parchment.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jan Baptist van Fornenburgh in the RKD
  2. ^ "» Artist » Fornenburgh Jan Baptist Van". matthiesengallery.com. Retrieved 2020-07-27.