ID: 700000101 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000101	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Vase of Flowers (oil painting (visual work); Jan van Huysum (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1682-1749); 1722)

Note: The subject is a still life of flowers spilling onto a ledge, some decaying and being eaten by insects. It represents the senses of sight and smell; the decay and broken stems symbolize the transient nature of life, youth, and beauty; the ledge pushed up to the picture plane resembles the ledge seen in posthumous portraits, thus symbolizing death. The crown of thorns flower at the top symbolizes the Passion of Christ. van Huysum included flowers from all seasons of the year--roses, anemones, hyacinths, tulips, and more--and painted them directly from life. Included is a white-and-red variety of tulip that was so highly valued in the "tulip mania" speculative phenomenon of the previous century. The Dutch fascination with nature is described in a riotous display of beautiful and exotic flowers. The bouquet is ordered in a loose pyramidal shape, with flowers and greenery almost bursting to be free of the vase. Butterflies and other insects fly or crawl amongst the arrangement, and drops of water are visible on leafs and shiny petals. Van Huysum painstakingly applied layer upon layer of thin oil glazes to capture the brilliant colors and delicate textures of the blossoms. Because each flower could only be painted while in season, it sometimes took the artist several years to complete a single painting.

Titles:

Vase of Flowers (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: 1722

Creator Display:

Jan van Huysum (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1682-1749) [preferred,VP]

painter Huysum, Jan van (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1682-1749) [500001494]

Locations:

J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 82.PB.70

Display Materials: oil on panel

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: 80.3 × 61 cm (31 5/8 × 24 in.)

Cultures:

Dutch (preferred)

General Subject:

still lifes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	flower piece [300265045]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, still lifes) (AAT)

	flowers (plant components) [300132399]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, plant components) (AAT)

	urn [300129425]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers)) (AAT)

	insects [300310470]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Arthropoda (phylum), Hexapoda (subphylum)) (AAT)

	beauty [300055821]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), philosophical concepts, aesthetic concepts) (AAT)

	life (biological concept) [300055134]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts) (AAT)

	death [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	senses [300055137]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts) (AAT)

	rose (genus) [300266246]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Magnoliopsida (class), Rosanae (superorder), Rosales (order), Rosaceae (family)) (AAT)

	tulip (genus) [300379705]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Liliopsida (class), Liliales (order), Liliaceae (family)) (AAT)

	anemone (genus) [300379702]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Magnoliopsida (class), Ranunculales (order), Ranunculaceae (family)) (AAT)

	hyacinth (genus) [300379703]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Liliopsida (class), Asparagales (order), Asparagaceae (family)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Vase of Flowers	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 21 March 2018

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Bergstrom, Dutch Still-Life Painting (1956)

....................... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) transcribed http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/700/jan-van-huysum-vase-of-flowers-dutch-1722/, accessed 21 March 2018
	..... Bergstrom, Dutch Still-Life Painting (1956)