Flower Still Life in a Glass Vase, ca. 1660

ArtistJan Peeter Brueghel, Antwerpen 1628–1664

Oil on canvas

Dimensions with frame72,5 × 59,4 cm

Dimensions without frame58,7 × 45,7 cm

Status

not on display

About the workThis lush bouquet depicts a variety of flowers: roses, parrot tulips, anemones, carnations and moonflowers. However, when these plants are found in nature, they do not bloom at the same time of year. Either Jan Pieter Brueghel studied them individually while they were in bloom, or he used imported models. He would occasionally alter the appearance of the plants, such as by lengthening individual stems, in order to make the image seem more harmonious. After being trained by his father, Jan Brueghel the Younger, who was also a successful painter, Brueghel specialised in flower still lifes.

AccessionGift 1946

Provenanceo.D. Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler, München; o.D. L. P. H. Güntges (Göntges?), Köln, erworben von der Kunsthandlung Böhler als Daniel Seghers; 29.5.1933 Juliane und Werner Lindgens erworben von "L.P.H Göntges Köln Herwarthof 29" (Lindgens-Gemälde-Inventar Nr. 58); 1946 erworben durch Schenkung Juliane und Werner Lindgens, Köln

Inventory numberM 154

Contact

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