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A profusion of flowers mostly in ruby red, bright white, and flamingo pink are gathered in a bronze-colored urn, set on a stone ledge against a dark background in this vertical still life painting. A band of flowers reaching from the lower left to the upper right draw the eye, and are made up of a pink rose at the bottom under a white rose, a white-and-red streaked tulip, and a crimson-red poppy near the upper right. Other flowers include a sprig of pale, nearly white lilac to the left, sapphire-blue morning glories, golden stalks of wheat, and green leaves interspersed throughout. The urn…
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Flowers in a Vase

Philip van Kouwenbergh (Dutch, 1671 - 1729)

c. 1700

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 67 × 51 cm (26 3/8 × 20 1/16 in.) ; framed: 88.9 × 71.76 × 11.43 cm (35 × 28 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Draper Blair
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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