Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Elder

[2] Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Elder was baptized in the St. James' Church in Antwerp on 8 September 1635.

At the time of his death on 16 April 1681 there were still six minor children alive: Anna Catharina, Marie Isabella, Gaspar Peeter, Maria Magdalena, Petronella and (from the second marriage) Balthasar Hyacint.

[2] He was a successful artist as demonstrated by the fact that his estate included six houses and valuable household effects.

Paintings in this genre typically show a flower or, less frequently, fruit garland around a devotional image or portrait.

[5] Verbruggen's collaborators on his garland paintings have not been identified but it is believed they included Peter Ykens and Jacobus Ferdinandus Saey.