Flowers in a Glass
Medium
oil on copper
Dimensions
unframed: 35.6 × 29.3 cm · framed: 60.3 × 52.8 × 6.4 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle
Accession Number
1960.108
Tags
male
About this artwork
One of the first artists to specialize in flower painting, Ambrosius Bosschaert may have been inspired by the botanical gardens and scientific collections in his hometown of Middelburg. The flowers in this bouquet might be common today, but in the 1600s they were costly rarities. Bosschaert captured their fragile beauty with luminous colors and exquisite detail.