Jeronimus Sweerts Explained

Jeronimus Sweerts (1603–1636), was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.

Biography

He was born in Amsterdam as the son of Emmanuel Sweerts, a botanist who published a florilegium in 1612. He was a pupil of Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder and after his death in 1621, stayed on with Balthasar van der Ast, marrying Bosschaert's daughter Maria in 1627.[1] Sweerts was the father of the printmaker Hieronymus Sweerts (1629–1696).[1]

He died in Amsterdam.

Notes and References

  1. http://explore.rkd.nl/nl/artists/76228 Jeroniumus Sweerts