BOSSCHAERT, THOMAS WILLIBROED, a Flemish painter, born at Bergen-op-Zoom in 1613, and educated at Antwerp under Gerard Seghers. After a residence of four years at Rome he returned to Antwerp, and acquired a high and merited reputation. His works, which are in the style of Vandyck and Rubens, are harmonious and tender in colouring, the drawing is free and spirited, and the finish is frequently exquisite. He died in 1656.