Cornelis Cort, annunciatie, prent, ca. 1585-1634, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, inv.no. RP-P-1888-A-12478

Straatsburg 1597-1657 Idstein

Sebastian Stosskopf was a pupil of the engraver F. Brentel. After the death of his father, he was sent to the Netherlands in 1615, where he was apprenticed to the still-life painter Daniel Soreau. Stosskopf stayed with Soreau in Antwerp and continued the studio after his death in 1619. Between 1621 and 1623 he left for Paris, where he lived for almost 20 years, apart from a trip to Venice in 1629. In Paris he was mainly inspired by the engravings of Callot and maintained contacts with still-life painters such as Linard, Boucle and Baugin. In his native city of Strasbourg, where he returned in 1641 and married in 1646, he enjoyed great prestige. Count Johann von Nassau-Idstein, who had bought two still lifes in 1651 to give as a present to Emperor Ferdinand III, invited him to Idstein in 1655. Stosskopf remained there until his death in 1657.

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