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Peonies and Irises on a Rock
Also titled Pioenrozen en irissen op een rots
1750
- Medium
- ink, dye, silk
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 156 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Ernst Heldring bequest, 1954)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
This garden in springtime is filled with purple irises and peonies in different colours, including red, pink and purple. This painting is said to have once decorated the wall of a brothel. The peony is considered a symbol of love and feminine beauty.
