# VERBRUGGEN, Gaspar Peeter the Elder

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1635–1681
- Profession: painter
- School: Flemish

## Biography

Flemish painter, part of a family of artists, father of Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger. He as the pupil of Cornelis Mahu in 1645, and became master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1650. He was known for flower still-lifes and worked with Frans Ykens. His pupils were his oldest son Gaspar Peeter the Younger, Gillis Vinck the Younger \(active 1690s\), and Jacobus Seldenslach \(1652-1735\).

## Related artworks

- [Garland of Fruit and Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/verbruggen-gaspar-peeter-the-elder-r364a2d5a7069e9/garland-of-fruit-and-flowers-r550540a8c1b477>)
- [Garland with Ecce Homo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/verbruggen-gaspar-peeter-the-elder-r364a2d5a7069e9/garland-with-ecce-homo-rc3762f7f8306b1>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/verbruggen-gaspar-peeter-the-elder-r364a2d5a7069e9/still-life-r7a33f99f91cccc>)
- [Virgin and Child in a Stone Niche, Surrounded by Garland of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/verbruggen-gaspar-peeter-the-elder-r364a2d5a7069e9/virgin-and-child-in-a-stone-niche-surrounded-by-garland-of-flowers-r4e533d10ecd370>)

## Attribution

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