Jan Van Huysum Vase Of Flowers

The flowers nearly overripe quality attests both to nature s bounty and its transience.

Jan van huysum vase of flowers.

There are more than 30 species in the vase from florid roses peonies mauve and red poppies to the more humble primroses apple blossom and bachelor s buttons. He was the brother of jacob van huysum the son of the flower painter justus van huysum and the grandson of jan van huysum i who is said to have been expeditious in decorating doorways screens and vases. Jan van huysum was a dutch painter. Vase of flowers is a painting by the dutch artist jan van huysum the painting is a still life and depicts a vase of late spring flowers including roses and iris.

The dutch fascination with nature is described in a riotous display of beautiful and exotic flowers arranged in a terracotta vase displaying an antique relief jan van huysum included flowers from all seasons of the year roses anemones hyacinths tulips and more and painted them directly from life the flowers nearly overripe quality attests both to nature s bounty and its transience. Van huysum is after and achieves excess. Vase of flowers by jan van huysum was taken during second world war the uffizi s eike schmidt with a framed poster of vase of flowers with the word stolen in three languages. Jan van huysum dutch 1682 1749 54 6 40 6 cm 21 1 2 16 in 78 pa 66.

The painting was in the collection of the galleria palatina in palazzo pitti in florence until its 1943 theft by the retreating wehrmacht following the allied invasion of italy in 1943. A celebration of nature an entertaining puzzle and a display of wealth culture and fashion. 1718 20 oil on canvas 24 x 31 in. He had access to the main plant nurseries in his home town and in haarlem close by and grew specimen flowers in his own garden.

Jan van huysum s daughter francina margaretha van huysum was also a flower painter and may have assisted her father in his work. 61 x 79 cm dulwich picture gallery london speakers. Pippa couch rachel s. Arranged in a terracotta vase displaying an antique relief jan van huysum included flowers from all seasons of the year roses anemones hyacinths tulips and more and painted them directly from life.

Open content images tend to be large in file size. Unlike most dutch still life specialists jan van huysum insisted on working out the details of his paintings from close study of the world around him. Half of his pictures in public galleries are landscapes views of imaginary lakes and harbours with impossible ruins and classic edifices and woods of tall and motionless trees the whole very glossy and smooth and entirely lifeless.