Still Life with Flowers, Jan van Huysum, 1723
Dutch Golden Age
1723
81.0 x 61.0 cm
Jan van Huysum (1682 – 1749)
Jan van Huysum (1682-1749): Explore the exquisite Dutch still life paintings of flowers & fruit by this Golden Age master, renowned for detail and elegance.
Still life with flowers. Bouquet of flowers consisting of roses, poppies, puppies, daffodils, irises, cornflowers, chicken flowers, scabiosa, gentian, boshyacinten, emperor's crown, painter's grief and tulips, in a pottery vase on a stone plinth. Here and there a butterfly. On the vase a scene of playing putti. On the right a bird nest with eggs, on the left a statue of Flora.
About this artwork
- Title: Still Life with Flowers, Jan van Huysum, 1723
- Artist: Jan van Huysum
- Year: 1723
- Original dimensions: 81.0 x 61.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Movement: Dutch Golden Age
- Corpus context: baroque floral still life , highly detailed technique
- Keywords: colorful flowers , 18th century art , floral still life
- Color hue: Ochre to Sepia