Flowers in a Vase
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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Flowers in a Vase

c. 1669
Simon Verelst (Dutch, 1644–1721) visual detail
ArtistSimon Verelst (Dutch, 1644–1721)
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Provenance

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R. Warner, London

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S. W. Highley, Harrogate (1928)

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Mrs. Noah L. Butkin

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R. Warner (London, England)

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S. W. Highley Harrogate, 1928

-1982

Mrs. Noah L. Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.

1982-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

R. Warner, London S. W. Highley, Harrogate (1928) Mrs. Noah L. Butkin R. Warner (London, England) S. W. Highley Harrogate, 1928 Mrs. Noah L. Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984). The Magic of Still Life. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 1, 1987). Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (June 19-September 19, 1999); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 31, 1999-January 9, 2000).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

With just a few flowers, Verelst created a composition of great sophistication and balance. A simple glass flask is filled with a large rose, a red anemone, and a white narcissus tinged with pink. These flowers are surrounded by a scattering of smaller blossoms. Like many still-life painters, Verelst depicted a window reflected in the glass vase, but here he did not show the window's precise structure. He did, however, use another common device: the depiction of a few chips in the stone surface to make the material seem more tangible. Early in his career, Verelst moved from Holland to London, where he worked for the court of King James II and was extravagantly praised for the realism of his flower paintings.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 7 structured provenance events · 3 structured exhibitions.

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