Elias van den Broeck (1649–1708)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter.

• According to the RKD, in 1665 he became a pupil of Cornelis Kick in Amsterdam.

• In 1669 he became a pupil of Jan Davidsz. de Heem in Utrecht.

• He is registered in a document stating his intention to go to Italy in 1672.

• In 1673 he accompanied De Heem to Antwerp, where he became a master in the Guild of St. Luke there.

• In 1685 he returned to Amsterdam, where he lived 'outside the Utrecht gate on the Amstel beyond the Bergenvaarderskamer'.

• His pupil Philip van Kouwenbergh.

• According to Houbraken, he was born in Antwerp and had been the first and best pupil of Ernst Stuven.

• He lived outside the Utrecht gate on the Molenpad in Amsterdam where he kept a garden for his studio needs.

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