Flowers in a Glass Vase (Milan)

General Info

Object Type:

Painting

Genre:

Flower Still-Life & Nature Study

Dimensions:

43 x 30 cm

Medium:

Support:

Copper

Signature:

BRUEGHEL 1608

Year:

1608

Location/Last Sold:

Milan, Italy, Ambrosiana, inv. #58

Collector/Patron:

Federico Borromeo (1564-1631)

Attribution

Ertz 2008-10, #420

Ertz 1979, #178

Honig database

Our Attribution:

Jan Brueghel the Elder

External Links

See object page at Ambrosiana website

Provenance

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1608	Milan, Italy	Cardinal Federico Borromeo from Jan Brueghel
1618	Milan, Italy	Donated by Cardinal Borromeo to Ambrosiana

Additional Information

Bibliography

Crivelli, p.122 ff

Hairs, p. 201

Ertz 1979, cat. #178, fig. 333

Brenninkmeyer 1990, p. 246, fig. 14

Brenninkmeijer-de Rooij 1996, p. 80

Oxford 2003, pp. 186-87

Pijl in Ambrosiana 2006, #196, 89-91

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #420

Discussion

2 Comments

Elizabeth Honig

Sun, 2012-06-24 17:00

This painting is mentioned several times in Brueghel's letters. He sent it along with Allegory of Fire and a St. Anthony that's now lost to Borromeo in Dec. 1608.

This is a rarity among Jan's paintings for Borromeo in that it was replicated many times; usually the works he sent to Milan remained unique.

A variation of this painting can be seen here

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Elizabeth Honig

Sat, 2013-06-29 17:00

When I saw this painting in Milan in 2000 it looked very flat and in need of cleaning.

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Brueghel Family: Jan Brueghel the Elder

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