# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balthasar-van-der-ast
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:01:32.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balthasar-van-der-ast"
name: "Balthasar van der Ast"
slug: "balthasar-van-der-ast"
description: "Balthasar van der Ast was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes of flowers and fruit, as well as painting a number of remarkable shell still lifes; he is considered to be a pioneer in the genre of shell painting. His still lifes often contain insects and lizards."
tagline: "Dutch painter (1593-1657)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Still_Life_of_Flowers%2C_Fruit%2C_Shells%2C_and_Insects_-_Balthasar_van_der_Ast_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/330px-Still_Life_of_Flowers%2C_Fruit%2C_Shells%2C_and_Insects_-_Balthasar_van_der_Ast_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Designers"
  slug: "designers"
profileType:
  name: "Designer"
  slug: "designer"
birthDate: "1593"
deathDate: "1657-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.21
  momentum:             0.9326424870466319
  historical:           20.630564
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 138
sources:
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    title: "Балтазар ван дэр Аст"
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    title: "Balthasar van der Ast"
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    title: "Balthasar van der Ast"
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    title: "Balthasar van der Ast"
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    title: "Аст, Балтазар ван дер"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump