1284 - Dutch still-life painter (active in the 18th century)

Dutch still-life painter (active in the 18th century) Large still life of flowers in a terracotta vase with a putto Arranged on a stone slab or balustrade against a neutral background: a brick-red terracotta vase with relief decoration, containing an opulent bouquet of various white and colored roses, tulips, lilies, snowballs, blue morning glories, delphiniums, and other flowering stems. While Prof. Dr. Justus Müller-Hofstede, in the accompanying expert report, attributes an influence of Jacob van Walscapelle (1644–1727) and assigns the painting to his school or successors, another, more significant still-life painter clearly exerted a far more formative influence here—the Amsterdam artist Jan van Huysum (1682–1749). The arrangement and style of the flowers themselves, the use of an ornate terracotta vase, the color scheme, and the lighting all point strikingly toward the latter, so that one would certainly be inclined to attribute it to the circle of Jan van Huysum or his 18th-century successors. Oil on canvas, relined; 90.5 cm x 76.5 cm. Framed. Included: Expert report by Prof. Dr. Justus Müller-Hofstede, Bonn, April 14, 1979. Dutch still-life painter active in the 18th century. Probably from the circle of or a follower of Jan van Huysum. Oil on canvas, relined. Accompanied by an expert report by Professor Dr. Justus Müller-Hofstede, Bonn, April 14, 1979.