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Bouquet of Flowers in a Chinese Vase (The Hague)

Bouquet of Flowers in a Chinese Vase (The Hague)

Object type Painting
Genre Flower Still-Life and Nature Study
Date 1610-1615
Dimensions 42 x 34.5 cm
Support Panel
Medium Oil
Collaborators Jan Brueghel the Younger
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Ertz 1979, #208
Ertz 2008-10, #442
Location The Hague, Netherlands
Collection Mauritshuis
Accession numbers inv. #1072
Tags Insects, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Vase, Flowers
Ertz 1979, cat. #208
Ertz 1984, cat. #275
The Hague 1992, p. 72 under cat. #11
Brenninkmeijer-de Rooij 1996, pp.64 & 81, fig. 65
Ertz 2008-10, cat. #442
Brueghel Exhibition, P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1934, cat. #274
''Bloemenwereld Eur.'', Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Mar. 13 - May 17, 1953, cat. #12.
Ghent 1960, cat. #32
ca. 1930 Vienna Galerie Sanct Lucas
ca. 1930 The Hague Galerie Internationale
1934 Amsterdam Galerie de Boer
1939 The Hague Private Collection of Ant. Aarts
1941 The Hague Th. F. Thurkow
E.A. Honig
March 11, 2014

A close copy of this series of flowers in a Wanli vase by Jan Brueghel the Younger (Copper, 48 x 35 cm), is in Madrid, Museo del Prado, #1421 (the Prado attributes it to Jan van Kessel the Elder).
The Mauritshuis notes (1992) that the present work is not in good condition. The version formerly w/ Richard Green is in very good condition.