Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vase

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder

Painted

1621

Collection

National Gallery of Art, Washington

Tulips, roses, irises and carnations share one vase, though they never bloom in the same season. Bosschaert assembled an ideal bouquet from studies of each flower and painted the butterflies and dewdrops on the petals like jewels. It stands at the start of Dutch flower painting, just before the tulip mania.

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