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Italic textJacob van Hulsdonck Born Antwerp 1582. died Antwerp 1647.

Jacob van Hulsdonck was born in Antwerp and his work shows the influence of Osias Beert, whose clean surfaces and crisp detail he emulated. Having moved to Middleburg in his youth, it is believed he may have studied with Anbrosius Bosschaert the Elder before his return to Antwerp. Like Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, Hulsdonck's rendering of individual fruits or flowers have a gem-like sparkle and lustrous surface and are simple in composition. His paintings most often focus on a single fruit or arrangement, sometimes accompanied by of flowers in a vase linked by stray fallen blossoms, dew drops or insects.

He became a master in the painter's guild in Antwerp in 1608. He ran a successful atelier in Antwerp where he taught Jacob le Moort, Hans van Pelt, Thomas Vermeulen,  Gillian van Schoodtwas an important influence on Isaac Soreau. He lived in the same house in Antwerp from 1609 until his death in 1647.