Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger

Flowers in a basket on a ledge

Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger (also known as Gasparo Pedro) (1664 in Antwerp – 1730 in Antwerp), was an 18th-century Flemish painter of still lifes.

Biography

He was the son of Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen and half-brother of Balthasar Hyacinth Verbruggen, who later became his pupil.^[1] Another of his pupils, Jacob Melchior van Herck, was his brother-in-law. He worked with Peeter-Frans Bailliu and Matheus Terwesten in the Hague.^[1] He became master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1677 when he was only aged 13, and became its deacon in 1691.^[1]

In 1694 he gave a work to the guild in thanks for accepting his pupils Balthasar Hyacinth and Jacob Melchior van Herck.^[1] He became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1708, where he was the teacher of Peter Frans Casteels, and Gillis Vinck.^[1]

He painted still lifes, floral still lives, fruit still lives and art galleries.^[1]

References

1. Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen in the RKD