Flowers in an Urn Decorated with Putti, on a Plinth
Jan van Huysum
early 18th century
Medium
Pen and black ink and brush and black and brown ink washes, over red chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
38.5 × 29.9 cm (15 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149035
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...