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Flowers in a Glass
Ambrosius Bosschaert1606
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
One of the first artists to specialize in flower painting, Ambrosius Bosschaert may have been inspired by the botanical gardens and scientific collections in his hometown of Middelburg. The flowers in this bouquet might be common today, but in the 1600s they were costly rarities. Bosschaert captured their fragile beauty with luminous colors and exquisite detail.
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- Title: Flowers in a Glass
- Creator: Ambrosius Bosschaert (Dutch, 1573–1621)
- Date Created: 1606
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 60.3 x 52.8 x 6.4 cm (23 3/4 x 20 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 35.6 x 29.3 cm (14 x 11 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Carrie Moss Halle [1872-1965], Cleveland, OH, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art1, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.108
- Medium: oil on copper
- Inscriptions: Signed lower left: "AB 1606. [AB ligated]"
- Fun Fact: Snails, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, and other insects make this "still life" come alive!
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit Line: Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle
- Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
- Accession Number: 1960.108
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