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Flowers in a Tazza (New York)

Flowers in a Tazza (New York)

Object type Painting
Genre Flower Still-Life and Nature Study
Date ca. 1618
Dimensions 46.5 x 33 cm
Support Panel
Medium Oil
Collaborators Jan Brueghel the Younger
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Ertz 1979, #269
Ertz 2008-10, #452 as Jan the Elder with the tazza and a few flowers by Jan the Younger
Location/Most Recent Sale New York, Sotheby's, January 26, 2006, lot #7
Tags Insects, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Tazza, Flowers
Ertz 1979, cat. #269
Brenninkmeijer-de Rooij 1990, Type IX, fig. 16
Brenninkmeijer-De Rooij 1996, pp.61, 82, fig. 60
Ertz 2008-10, cat. #452, p. 958
A variation by Jan Brueghel the Younger in the Norton Simon Museum
Saint-Étienne Martouret Collection
Until 1938 Berlin E. Plietzsch
Jul to Sep 4 1938 Berlin Sale, L. Lange, Lot #3
1991 Paris Private Collection
Jan 26 1996 New York, NY Sale, Sotheby's, Lot #17
Dec 2 1998 Monaco Sale, Sotheby's, Lot #322
E.A. Honig
November 9, 2015

Copies: one sold Galliera (Paris December 7, 1971) panel, 54 x 41; another by follower or studio w/ Gal. Pallamar, Vienna, 1968. Also one by Jan the Younger, with a few variations in table/ground area, in Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum. Preparatory drawing for this in British Museum (pen & ink, 25.5 x 35.6, signed).
Although Ertz has gone on/off about attribution here, others (Segal, Hairs, Brenninkmeijer-de Rooij) have OK'd it. Brenninkmeijer-de Rooij suggests a date of 1611-18. Ertz gives it a later date so that he can argue for Jan the Younger as assistant, but that is really not necessary. The original size of this painting is 46.5 x 33 cm (octagonal); it has since been altered to 52.5 x 43 cm.

A variation of this painting, executed by Jan Brueghel the Younger, is in Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum.