Hans Gillisz. Bollongier

Bollongier or Boulenger (1600 – 1645) was a Dutch Golden Age still life flower painter.

He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1623, and in 1675 his younger brother Horatio was named as his beneficiary.

[1] Paintings attributed to him that are not flower- or fruit still lifes are likely the work of his brother Horatio.

[1] He was an important influence on the later flower painters known as the monogrammist JF and Anthony Claesz II.

[1] He painted during a period of great productivity for Haarlem painters, during the decades after Karel van Mander published his Schilderboeck there.

Hans Gillisz. Bollongier, Flower Piece , Frans Hals Museum , 1644. The top flower was always the most expensive one and in this bouquet it is the tulip Semper augustus .
Hans Gillisz. Bollongier, Flower Piece , Rijksmuseum , 1639.
Hans Gillisz. Bollongier, Flowers in a glass vase , München , 1640.