Jan Brueghel the Elder

Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase

Jan Brueghel de Oude  Wan-Li-vaas met bloemen
Jan Brueghel de Oude  Wan-Li-vaas met bloemen
Jan Brueghel de Oude  Wan-Li-vaas met bloemen
Jan Brueghel de Oude  Wan-Li-vaas met bloemen
Jan Brueghel de Oude  Wan-Li-vaas met bloemen

Jan Brueghel the Elder
Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase

c. 1610-1615 On view in Room 4

Jan Brueghel I painted with such precision that he was called the Velvet Brueghel. He was the first Flemish artist to paint flower still-lifes, achieving great success with them.

This small bouquet of mainly roses and tulips stands in a special Chinese porcelain vase: a kendi, or Chinese water bottle. Brueghel placed it in front of a dark background, against which the roses, narcissi and flamed tulips stand out very well.

Technical details
Jan Brueghel de Oude  Wan-Li-vaas met bloemen

Jan Brueghel the Elder
Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase

c. 1610-1615 On view in Room 4

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General information
Jan Brueghel the Elder (Brussels 1568 - 1625 Antwerp)
Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase
c. 1610-1615
painting
1072
Room 4
Material and technical details
oil
panel
42 x 34.5 cm

Provenance

Galerie Internationale, The Hague, 1930; C.T.F. Thurkow, The Hague; his widow, L. Thurkow-van Huffel; bequest of Mrs L. Thurkow-van Huffel, 1987