Flowers in a Painted Ceramic Vase (Vienna)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Flower Still-Life and Nature Study |
Date | 1609-1610 |
Dimensions | 66 x 50.5 cm |
Support | Panel |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #440 Ertz 1979, #179 Mechel 196, #41 as R. Savery Engerth 1227 as R. Savery |
Location | Vienna, Austria |
Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum |
Accession numbers | inv. #558 |
Tags | Insects, Vase, Flowers |
External resources | Kunsthistorisches Museum |
This is a more detailed and lavish version (acc. BdR) of the Madrid/Hague type: a bunch of smaller flowers have been added to "surround the central part of the bouquet like a cloud" (BBR p.82)
Formerly attributed to R. Savery
A copy attributed to Jan Brueghel the Elder and the Younger (60.5 x 85.6 cm, Rafael Valls Ltd, London) combines this flower group with the vase rotated away from the viewer. It also contains a garland and a chalice filled with flowers.
The vase in this work is identical to the one containing the flowers in Brueghel and Rubens's Prado Sense of Sight and Sense of Smell.
==Chart of Flowers and Insects==
This detailed chart comes from De-Stilling Still Life. A note from the creators:
""There was no existing inventory of this painting so we asked botanists and entomologists to help identify the plants and insects. Dr. Michael Khien (director Botanischer Garten der Universität Wien) drew an initial index of the flower species, florist Dr. Claud Biemans also gave her careful scrutiny. Later on we received the indelible help of botanist, art historian and world authority on floral still lives, Dr. Sam Segal who was able to determine most of the species. Entomologist and director of Zoological department of the Naturhistorisches Museum Dr. Martin Lödl and Dr. Gaal-Haszler crosschecked the insect inventory.The plants and insects are listed below with their Latin (L), Deutsch (D) and English (E) names. Bearing in mind, however, that some of the species are either no longer in existence (the tulip species affected by the ‘Tulip break virus’ for instance) or flowers which have been ‘modified’ by Brueghel’s artistic license to be bigger or smaller, more intensely coloured, or have discoloured with age.""
===Flowers===
1. L: Cyclamen hederifolium D: Alpenveilchen E: Sowbread
2. L: Viola tricolor D: Wilde Stiefmütterchen E: Pansy
3. L: Adonis flammea D: Flammen-Adonisröschens E: Pheasant’s eye
4. L: Primula vulgaris alba D: Stängellose Schlüsselblume E: Primrose
5. L: Myosotis scorpioides D: Sumpf-Vergissmeinnicht E: Forget-me-not
6. L: Borago officinalis D: Boretsch E: Borage
7. L: Primula hirsuta D: Behaarte Primel E: Stinking primrose
8. L: Hyacinthoides nonscripta D: Atlantische Hasenglöckchen E: Bluebell
9. L: Rosa x alba subplena D: Weiße Bauernrose E: White rose
10. L: Cheiranthus cheiri plenus D: Goldlack (?) E: Double wallflower
11. L: Narcissus moschatus D: Moschus-Narzisse E: Musk daffodil
12. L: Matthiola incana alba D: Weiße Garten-Levkoje E: White stock
13. L: Vinca minor D: Kleine Immergrün E: Periwinkle
14. L: Fritillaria meleagris D: Schachblume E: Snake’s head fritillary
15. L: Narcissus pseudonarcissus D: Gelbe Narzisse E: Daffodil
16. L: Anemone coronaria pseudoplena D: Kronen-Anemone E: Poppy anemone
17. L: Anemone hortensis D: Stern-Anemone E: Star anemone
18. L.Narcissus triandrus var. albus D: Engelstränen-Narzisse E: White angel’s tears
19. L. Fritillaria meleagris alba D: Schachblume E: Snake’s head fritillary
20. L. Consolida ambigua D: Feldrittersporne E: Larkspur
21. L: Anemone coronaria alba D: Weiße Ster-Anemone E: White star anemone
22. L. Narcissus jonquilla D: Jonquille E: Jonquil
23. L. Narcissus papyraceus D: Weihnachts-Narzisse E: Paperwhite narcissus
24. L. Iris susiana D: ? E: Mourining iris
25. L: Matthiola incana parva alba D: Weiße Garten-Levkoje E: Small white stock
26. L. Crataegus monogyna D: Eingriffelige Weißdorn E: Hawthorn
27. L: Tulipa armena x t. praecox D:Garten-Tulpe E: Tapered tulip hybrid
28. L: Anemone x fulgens D: Stern-Anemone (Hybride) E: Crown anemone (hybrid)
29. L: Tulipa stapfii D: ? E: Kurdistanic tulip
30. L: Scilla hispanica D: Spanische Hasenglöckch E: Spanish bluebell
31. L: Iris variegata D: Bunte Schwertlilie E: Variegated iris
32. L: Tulipa armena albescens D: Garten-Tulpe E: White tapered tulip
33. L: Tulipa stapfii x armena D: ? E: Kurdistanic tulip (hybrid)
34. L: Iris xiphium D: Spanische Schwertlilie E: Spanish iris
35. L: Campanula rotundifolia D: Rundblättrige Glockenblume E: Harebell
36. L: Iris x sambucina D: Holunder-Schwertlilie E: Elder iris
37. L: Rosa rubiginosa D: Wein-Rose E: Austrian briar
38. L: Leucojum aestivum D: Sommer-Knotenblume E: Summer snowflake
39. L: Narcissus x odorus plenus D: ? E: Double campernel narcissus
40. L. Tulipa armena alba D: Weiße Garten-Tulpe E: White tapered tulip
41. L. Tulipa stapfii x praecox D: ? E: Kurdistanic tulip (hybrid)
42. L. Tulipa agenensis x stapfii D: Sonnenaugen-Tulp E: Eyed tulip (red)
43. L. Tazetta narcissus D: Strauß-Narziss E: Chinese sacred lily
44. L. Anemone pavonina D: ? E: Pride anemone
45. L. Rosa gallica subplena D: Essig-Rose E: French rose
46. L. Hyacinthus orientalis D: Garten-Hyazinthe E: Hyacinth
47. L. Anemone coronaria D: Kronen-Anemone E: Poppy anemone
48. L. Anemone pavonina coerulea D: ? Anemone E: Pride anemone
49. L. Philadelphus coronarius D: Europäische Pfeifenstrauch E: English dogwood
50. L. Caltha palustris plena D: Sumpfdotterblume E: Marsh marigold
51. L. Scilla bifolia D: Zweiblättrige Blaustern E: Squill
52. L. Anemone pavonina alba D: ? Anemone E: Whote pride anemone
53. L. Corylus avellana D: Gemeine Hasel E: Common hazelnut
===Insects===
a. L: Lycaena phlaeas D: Kleiner Feuerfalter E: Small copper
b. L: Anthocharis cardamines D: Aurorafalter E: Orange-tip
c. L: Vanessa atlanta D: Der Admiral E: Red Admiral
d. L: Hemaris fuciformis D: Hummelschwärmer E: Bee hawk moth (in copy only)
e. L: Ischnura elegans D: Große Pechlibelle E: Blue-tailed Damsel Fly
f. L: Hemiptera D: Schnabelkerfe E: Landbug (considered by Dr. Martin Lödl NHM to be L: Pyrrocoris apterus E: Firebug)
g. L: Lilioceris lilii D: Lilienhähnchen E: Lily beetle
h. L: Chorthippus biguttulus D: Nachtigall-Grashüpfer E: Bow-winged grasshopper
i. L: Othius punctulatus D:Kurzflügler E: Rove beetle
j. L: Coccinella septempunctata D: Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer E: Ladybird
k. L: Cleridae D: Buntkäfer E: Checkered beetles
l. L: Scaeva pyrastri D: Späte Großstirnschwebfliege E: Hover-fly