Stilleven met bloemen
1723
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
81; 61
About this artwork
oil on panel
Art Historical Context
Jan van Huysum’s *Stilleven met bloemen* (Still Life with Flowers), painted in 1723, represents the refined continuation of Dutch still-life traditions into the early eighteenth century. Working in oil on panel—a medium prized for its smooth and capacity to hold minute—the artist creates a bouquet that seems to glow from within. The panel’s modest scale (81 × 61 cm) encourages close, intimate viewing, rewarding the visitor with the subtle textures of petals and leaves. Van Huysum was celebrated in his own time for his extraordinary technical control, building layers of translucent glazes to a...
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...