Still Life with Roses in a Glass Vase
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
(Dutch, 1573–1621)
about 1619
Medium/TechniqueOil on copper
Dimensions28 x 23cm (11 x 9 1/16in.)
Framed: 47.3 x 42.2 x 6.7 cm (18 5/8 x 16 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Framed: 47.3 x 42.2 x 6.7 cm (18 5/8 x 16 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art
Accession number2019.2095
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Regarded as the founding father of Dutch flower painting, Bosschaert helped make the port city of Middelburg the hub of this new specialty. Despite the close attention he paid to naturalistic detail (look for the dewdrops and insects), the roses are too heavy for the glass roemer that serves as their vase. One of Bosschaert’s innovations—setting his arrangement before an open window—became his trademark, but the idea was not picked up by later artists.
NOTES:
[1] According to the 1992 Ader Tajan catalogue.
[2] The RKD database (image no. 122927) notes Johnny van Haeften was the buyer at the Ader Tajan sale. The painting is advertised as with Johnny van Haeften in Apollo (June 1993).
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
