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A vase of flowers on a stone ledge containing hyacinth, peonies, rose, broken tulips, stock, gentian, convolvulus and auricula, with a bird's nest with eggs, a crown imperial and narcissus
Draughtsman: Huysum, Jan van
Height: 473 mm
Width: 366 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
This appears to be a preliminary study for the oil painting on panel in the Wallace Collection London (p. 149) (illustrated Peter Mitchell 'European Flower Painters', p. 145) and signed and dated 1726.
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Pen and brown ink with watercolour, bordered on all sides by a line in black chalk, on paper
Inscription present: may be spurious - there is evidence of alteration
Accession number: PD.688-1973
Primary reference Number: 23617
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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