A profusion of flowers in shades of white, orange, blue, and deep pink, with earthy-green leaves, burst from the narrow opening of a glass vase in this vertical still life painting. Shown against a dark brown background, the vase sits on a caramel-brown ledge. The flowers in the center of the arrangement draw the eye. On our right two tulips are streaked with cream white and dark pink. A flower above it, perhaps an anemone, has white ruffled petals with flame-red tips around a denim-blue center. A small snail in a rust-orange shell rests on a curling green leaf nearby. On our left is a…
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Vase of Flowers

Jan Davidsz de Heem (Dutch, 1606 - 1684)

c. 1660

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 69.6 x 56.5 cm (27 3/8 x 22 1/4 in.) ; framed: 90.1 x 77.8 cm (35 1/2 x 30 5/8 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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