Flowers in a Glass Vase

Flowers in a Glass Vase
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Image Rights & Reproductions Requirements
Artist
nationality
Dutch
birth-death
1609-1645
Creation date
Collection
European
Materials
oil on wood
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.
Currently On View
Location
Netherlandish gallery
Credit line
The Clowes Fund Collection
Accession number
C10008
Provenance

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John Kenneth Danby [died ca. 1956]; public auction at (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York), 1956;{1} probably purchased by Victor D. Spark, New York. Acquired in 1958 by Mrs. G.H.A. Clowes [1885-1967], Indianapolis; The Clowes Fund Collection, 1958-present (C10008).

{1} Following Danby's death, his estate was put up for auction. See Parke-Bernet,New York, Important American Furniture and Decorations; American and British Portraits and other paintings, part one, 13 October 1956, no. 345.
Gallery Label

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Ambrosius Bosschaert was one of the most talented members of a family of Dutch painters who specialized in still lifes of fruit and flowers.  His floral compositions, combining blooms from different seasons, are composed primarily of cultivated species-tulips, roses, lilies-and are painted with near scientific precision.

The Dutch passion for exotic plants culminated in what is known as the "Tulip Mania." Tulips became the object of intense speculation and prices for rare varieties spiraled upwards until the market for them crashed in 1637.

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