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A vase of flowers on a stone ledge containing hyacinth, peonies, rose, broken tulips, stock, gentian, convolvulus and auricula, with a bird's nest with eggs, a crown imperial and narcissus: PD.688-1973

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A vase of flowers on a stone ledge containing hyacinth, peonies, rose, broken tulips, stock, gentian, convolvulus and auricula, with a bird's nest with eggs, a crown imperial and narcissus

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Huysum, Jan van

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Measurements and weight

Height: 473 mm
Width: 366 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton

Note

This appears to be a preliminary study for the oil painting on panel in the Wallace Collection London (p. 149) (illustrated Peter Mitchell 'European Flower Painters', p. 145) and signed and dated 1726.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Pen and brown ink with watercolour, bordered on all sides by a line in black chalk, on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: J. van Huysum
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: may be spurious - there is evidence of alteration

  • Type: Date

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.688-1973
Primary reference Number: 23617

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 21 June 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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