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Still Life with Roses in a Glass Vase
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (Dutch, 1573–1621)
about 1619
Medium/Technique
Oil on copper
Dimensions
28 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 Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art
Accession Number2019.2095
OUT ON LOAN
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
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.
Provenance19th century, private collection, Lorraine, France [see note 1]. December 14, 1992, anonymous sale, Ader Tajan, Paris, lot 24, to Johnny van Haeften Ltd., London [see note 2]; 1994, sold by Johnny van Haeften to Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA; 2019, gift of Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)
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).
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).