Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen (1664-1730)

• Was a Flemish still life painter.
• Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen was born in Antwerp as the son of Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Elder and his father's first wife Catharina van Everdonck.
• His father trained him from an early age.
• Gaspar Peeter the Younger became in the Guild year 1677-1678 a master of the Guild of Saint Luke of Antwerp at age 13.
• Verbruggen became the deacon of the Guild in the Guild year 1691/1692.
• He married on 22 June 1700 with Dymphna van der Voort.
• The artist lived above his means and was forced in 1703 to sell all his paintings.
• The revenue from the sale was not sufficient to cover all his debts. 

• He decided to leave Flanders for the Dutch Republic in 1705.

• He established himself in The Hague where he received many commissions.

• He joined the Guild of Saint Luke of The Hague in 1708.

• His pupils included his half-brother Balthasar Hyacinth Verbruggen, Jacob Melchior van Herck, Frans d'Olivero, Peter Frans Casteels and Gillis Vinck.
• Verbruggen collaborated with the figure painters Peter Ykens and Jacob Leyssens in Antwerp and Matheus Terwesten in the Hague.
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