Bouquet of Spring Flowers in a Terracotta Vase

Bouquet of Spring Flowers in a Terracotta Vase by Jan van Huysum

Medium

oiled charcoal and watercolor on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 39.6 x 30.7 cm (15 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, The Ahmanson Foundation Fund, Linda H. Kaufman Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Glickfield Fund

Accession Number

2011.74.1

About the Artist

Jan van Huysum

Van Huysum is known for his detailed still-lifes, consisting of luxuriously composed flowers in a classical syle vase, standing on a stone plinth or table, often in a niche. Early works such as Flower Still-life (1706; Hamburg, Kunsthalle), show a traditional, symmetrical pictorial composition. This and other early flower and fruit still-lifes reveal the influence of Cornelis de Heem and Abraham M...

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