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Bouquet in a Glass Vase (Washington)

Bouquet in a Glass Vase (Washington)

Object type Painting
Genre Flower Still-Life and Nature Study
Date ca. 1608
Dimensions 48.9 x 38.1 cm
Support Panel
Medium Oil
Our attribution Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio
Other authorities Ertz 2008-10, #424
Ertz 1979, #183
Location/Most Recent Sale Washington, DC, Collection of Mrs. H. John Heinz III
Tags Insects, Glass, Vase, Flowers
Ertz 2008-10, cat. #424
Ertz 1979, cat. #183
Laren 1959, cat. #33
Leiden, 1965, cat. # 7, ''17de eeuwse meesters uit Ned.''
The Hague 1982, cat. #20, ''Terugzien in bewondering''
Amsterdam/Noordbrabants Museums 1982, cat. #25
Shown at 'Fine Arts of the Netherlands', New York, Nov. 1982
London Th. McLean
A.R. Holland
Lady Scott
Jul 4 1956 London Sale, Christie's, Lot #131
Apr 29 1957 to Jun 28 1957 London Hallborough Gallery, inv. #5
Jul 4 1947 London Sale, Sotheby's, Lot #131
London F. Partridge
1968 Wassenaar Collection of Sidney van den Bergh, Cat. 1968 #34
ca. 1967 The Hague Hans Cramer
Private Collection
1982 Amsterdam Gallery Waterman
1989 Washington, DC Heinz Collection, Cat. #8
E.A. Honig
November 29, 2015

This looks to me like a pretty weak work -- the way the darker flowers and leaves come in front of the lighter ones is unlike Jan's way of arranging things. But I have not seen a good enough reproduction to judge.