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The picture was probably made to impress one of the wealthy burghers of Middelburg, the prosperous town where the artist lived. Such a person would have had an interest in, even a passion for, the many exotic plants being grown in the town’s new botanical gardens. So Bosschaert’s work is more than a lovely picture. He shows individual specimens of great value and scientific interest, and the buyer and their guests would have had their magnifying glasses out to indulge themselves in the ’science of looking'.
Title
A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase on a Ledge with further Flowers, Shells and a Butterfly
Date
1609-10
Medium
Oil on copper
Measurements
H 68.6 x W 50.7 cm
Accession number
NG6613
Acquisition method
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Gallery, 2010
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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Still Life of Flowers in a Vase National Trust, Anglesey Abbey -
Flowers in a Glass Vase The National Gallery, London -
A Vase of Flowers Ashmolean Museum, Oxford -
A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase on a Ledge with further Flowers, Shells and a Butterfly The National Gallery, London -
Tulips and Other Flowers in a Glass Bowl National Trust, Calke Abbey
