A pile of flowers overflows a straw basket resting atop a long pink marble table against an inky black background in this horizontal still life painting. Light coming from behind us illuminates the flowers and crisscrossing green stems and leaves. Every petal and leaf, color gradation, and vein are visible among the flowers. These include tulips, anemones, columbines, and roses, and other flowers in butter yellow, coral orange, blush pink, pale blue, and white. Amid the flowers are two black and yellow bees, along with a tiny snail making its way down a narrow green frond. A small orange and…
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Flowers in a Basket and a Vase

painter Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish, 1568 - 1625)

1615

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 55.2 x 89.1 cm (21 3/4 x 35 1/16 in.) ; framed: 73.8 x 107.6 x 9.5 cm (29 1/16 x 42 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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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