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Still Life with Flowers and Nuts
Also titled Bloemstilleven met noten
Anthony Oberman (Amsterdam, 1781–1845)
c. 1830
- Medium
- cardboard, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 37.2 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Van de Zande-Vleugels Schutter Family
- 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
Floral still lifes of the Romantic period are characterised by their simple composition, light colour and the profusion of native species. So too in this still life: we see authentic Dutch plants such as primulas, geraniums, periwinkles, forget-me-nots and nasturtiums, as well as plants that were cultivated in glasshouses around 1830: daffodils, anemones, tulips and hyacinths. The blue tulip was originally purple: remains of the lost red pigment are still visible.
