Aelst, Or Aalst. I. Evert van, a Dutch painter, born in Delft in 1602, died in 1658. He was distinguished for painting flowers, dead birds, and game, and other inanimate objects. Few of his works are to be found in picture galleries.

II. Willem van, nephew and pupil of the preceding, born in Delft in 1620, died in Amsterdam in 1679. His works in the same line were more admired than those of his uncle, and are to be found in the galleries of Berlin, Munich, and Dresden, as well as in France and Italy, in which countries he spent many years, particularly in Florence. In the coloring, finish, delicacy, and naturalness of his flowers and fruits painted on vases, he had no superior.