This painting shows a bouquet of flowers in a glass vase on a wooden surface. The bouquet contains a pink-and-white striped tulip, large pink and white roses, green leaves, and smaller white and blue bell-shaped flowers. A dragonfly is perched on a tall stem on the top right of the painting, and a colorful butterfly or moth is in the lower left corner, resting on a leaf. The wall behind the bouquet is dark gray.
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Roses and a Tulip in a Glass Vase

painter Jan Philips van Thielen (Flemish, 1618 - 1667)

c. 1650/1660

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall (original wood support, smallest dimensions): 32 x 23.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.) ; overall (original wood support, largest dimensions): 32.1 x 23.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.) ; overall (with wood collar and cradle, largest…
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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