Bouquet Of Flowers In An Urn c1724
Bouquet Of Flowers In An Urn c1724 by Dutch Painter Jan van Huysum (1682 – 1749), who painted in the Rococo, Post-Impressionism and Renaissance styles.
This is a beautiful still life scene of a large bouquet of flowers of all different types comprising red flowers, white flowers, orange flowers, blue flowers, violet flowers, gold roses, white and purple orchids, vines, and green plants; that have been placed in a large ceramic urn that is embossed around its perimeter with Putti (a chubby little male child, usually nude in a work of art).
The urn or vase sits on a brown and tan sculpted marble table that has been placed in a large garden or forest with trees behind it on the left and more trees on the right that are slightly faded from view along a path to indicate distance.
On the flowers and flying around them we can see several species of butterflies, ants and wasp; with some of the flowers having clearly defined droplets of water on them.
This is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a canvas print online.
Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org and Britannica.com
Jan van Huysum was the eldest son of Dutch Golden Age flower painter Justus van Huysum (1659 – 1716), and came from a family of artist.
His younger brother who died at the age of 22 was also an accomplished painter as was his sister Maria; and his daughter Francina Margaretha van Huysum (1707 – 1789) was also a flower painter.
Jan studied under the mentorship of his father and has is skilled developed would later surpass the skills of his father.
His specialty was in the painting of lavish flowers arrangements, that he created with extreme precision and delicacy.
