Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Still Life with Autumn Bouquet. 1874. Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen1826 The Hague - 1895 ibid. Watercolour painting over pencil on "Whatman" handmade paper. Signed on the left "GJ v.d.S. Bakhuyzen" and dated. Mounted in a passepartout with old margins and framed behind glass in a profiled golden bar. Paper browned. Two backed tears o. mi. (ca. 8 cm, with old retouch) and u.r.. (ca. 5 cm). O.l. Another incipient tear (ca. 4 cm). At the right margin partially weak compression fold. At the right margin narrow retouchings, partly weakly perceptible waterstains. O.r. and lower right staining, probably oxidized lead white. In the centre a faintly perceptible scratch mark (c. 15 cm). The laid paper sheet with a hardly perceptible horizontal centrefold (before the work process). Dimensions: BA. ca. 98,5 x 65 cm, Ra. 130 x 96,5 cm. Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen 1826 Den Haag - 1895 ibid. Dutch painter and draughtswoman. Together with her brother Julius she was taught by her father, the painter Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen. Despite her remarkable talent, she, like many women of her time, did not attend an academy, but perfected herself in the art of flower and fruit still life, which was appropriate for her, and with which she achieved considerable success early on. In 1850 she won a painting competition announced by the Minerva Academy in Groningen with a still life of flowers. Later she received further awards and her works were shown in international exhibitions,1880 in Melbourne, 1883 in Amsterdam and 1893 in Chicago. With her flower and fruit still lifes, the artist continued the tradition of the early 19th century by creating fantastic compositions of flowers and fruits on marble plates and in terracotta vases in the style of Gerard van Spaendonck. Around 1860 she developed her typical, less smooth, more impressionistic style in her still lifes. She negated the traditional symbolism of her predecessors and found a loose style of painting, predominantly in light pastel tones.