Flowers in an Urn Decorated with Putti, on a Plinth
Jan van Huysum
early 18th century
Medium
Pen and black ink and brush and black and brown ink washes, over red chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
38.5 × 29.9 cm (15 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149035
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jan van Huysum · 1682–1749
Van Huysum is known for his detailed still-lifes, consisting of luxuriously composed flowers in a classical syle vase, standing on a stone plinth or table, often in a niche. Early works such as Flower Still-life (1706; Hamburg, Kunsthalle), show a traditional, symmetrical pictorial composition. This and other early flower and fruit still-lifes reveal the influence of Cornelis de Heem and Abraham M...