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| A Basket of Flowers |
Artist:Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1601–1678 Antwerp)
Date:probably 1620s
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions:18 1/2 x 26 7/8 in. (47 x 68.3 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967
Accession Number:67.187.58
The artist took over his famous father's studio in 1625 when Jan the Elder died unexpectedly. The composition here is borrowed from somewhat more elaborate arrangements by Jan I; the execution pays tribute to him without achieving the same level of refinement. Various insects and fallen flowers support a conventional vanitas theme which is relieved by the butterfly, a symbol of the soul and the Resurrection.
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