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Still Life with Flowers
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In the 18th century, Van Huysum brought the extremely popular genre of flower painting to great heights. Instead of the usual dark background, he used a light one with a park landscape, creating the impression that the flowers are set out-of-doors on a balustrade. The décor here consists of a statue of Flora, the goddess of flowers, some cursorily painted foliage and a pond.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineStill Life with Flowers. 1723. Jan van Huysum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
