Bouquet in a Glass Vase (Frankfurt)
| Object type | Painting |
| Genre | Flower Still-Life and Nature Study |
| Date | ca. 1620 |
| Dimensions | 22.6 x 18.2 cm |
| Support | Copper |
| Medium | Oil |
| Collaborators | Jan Brueghel the Younger |
| Our attribution | Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio |
| Other authorities | Ertz 1979, fig. 349, note 359 Ertz 2008-10, #428 RKD as manner of Jan Brueghel the Elder |
| Location | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Collection | Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie |
| Accession numbers | inv. #1219 |
| Tags | Insects, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Glass, Vase, Flowers |
Museum has gone on and off about attribution, sometimes calling it an autograph work but often listing it as a studio piece. There are no close copies/variants.
According to Fred Meijer, this painting must have been known by Bosschaert by about 1606/7 because he borrows from it in one of his earliest flower pieces. This means that Brueghel's earliest flower pieces were shipped not just to Borromeo but also to Middelburg. Probably for flower collectors there. Bosschaert might have known about this painting in his role as a dealer.
Jan Brueghel the Younger painted variants with a similar glass vase: a copper on panel (18.5 x 24.5 cm) sold at auction (Van Ham Kunstauktionen), May 16, 2008, nr. 377; and one in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.