Text: Vase of Flowers Preference:
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Creation
Creator Description: Jan van Huysum
(Dutch, 1682-1749)
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Identity:Huysem, Jan van Role:painter
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Creation Date:
1722 Earliest:1722 Latest:1722
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Style/Period/Group/ Movement
Indexing Terms: Rococo
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Measurements
Dimensions Description: 79 x 61 cm
(31 1/4 x 24 inches)
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Value:61 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
Description: oil on panel
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Material Names:
oil
paint Role: medium
panel
(wood) Role: support
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Subject Matter
Indexing Terms:
still
life
flowers
urn
ledge
crown
of thorns plant
tulips
roses
bird's
nest
insects
beauty
transience
life
death
senses
Vanitas
Passion
of Christ
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Descriptive Note
Text: 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.
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Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum, Handbook
of the Collections (1991) Page: 115
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United
States) Repository Numbers:
82.PB.70
