This painting shows a partial view of a dark wooden mantle. The mantle itself takes up the bottom right corner of the painting, and we see one side of it, but not the other. On its left corner, there is a vase of pink flowers, which stands at the center of the painting. Behind the vase, on top of the mantle, is a large silvery mirror in a golden frame. The mirror reflects gray walls and indistinct rectangles of black, gray, and brown. In the bottom left corner, there is a patterned brown and white object, perhaps furniture or draped fabric. The wall on the left of the mantle and the mirror…
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Vase of Flowers on a Mantelpiece

Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868 - 1940)

c. 1900

Medium
oil on cardboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 36.2 x 29.5 cm (14 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.) ; framed: 52.4 x 45.6 x 10.2 cm (20 5/8 x 17 15/16 x 4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
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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