The Verdant Legacy of Adriaan van Stalbemt In the golden era of the Flemish Baroque, few artists captured the breath of the natural world with as much grace and narrative depth as Adriaan van Stalbemt. Born in Antwerp around 1580, a period when the city was a pulsating heart of European artistic innovation, Stalbemt’s life was shaped by the shifting tides of religious and political upheaval. Though his family’s Protestant roots necessitated a move to Middelburg during the tumultuous years following the fall of Antwerp, this displacement perhaps served to broaden his horizons, allowing him to…