Jacob Vosmaer

According to Houbraken he was born in Delft as a descendant of an old line of Vosmeers.

[2] He started his career as a landscape specialist, but switched to flowers, which brought him more success.

[1] He visited Italy as a young man and returned to Delft in 1608 at the age of 24, where he remained and became a respected citizen, and major in the schutterij.

[1] He became a member of the Delft Guild of St. Luke before 1613, where he was a pupil of Jacob de Gheyn II.

[2] He later taught his nephews Daniel Vosmaer and Abraham Vosmeer, and the Dane Jakob Mogensen or Ebbe Ulfeldt.