Jan van huysum

Download free image of Vase of Flowers by Jan van Huysum by J. Paul Getty Museum (Source) about butterflies, rose, flower, plant, and person 14262831

Detail digitally restored . Original image: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_van_Huysum_-_Stilleve... Jan van Huysum (also spelled Huijsum) [Dutch painter (1682- 1749] Cut flowers were prized luxuries in the 17th century. Only the most affluent could afford to have them in their homes and gardens. The average citizen simply could not afford a bouquet for home. The first flower still-lives therefore appeared in the 1630s and 1640s as a means of meeting the demand for flowers. After all, a…

Jan van Huysum - Hollyhocks and Other Flowers in a Vase (1702-20)

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