Jacob Vosmaer, ca. (1584–1641)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

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

• According to the RKD he was the son of the Delft gold- and silversmith Wouter Vosmaer.

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

• He visited Italy as a young man and returned to Delft in 1608 at the age of 24.

• Vosmaer remained in Delft and became a respected citizen, and major in the schutterij.

• He became a member of the Delft Guild of St. Luke before 1613, • He was a pupil of Jacob de Gheyn II.

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

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