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Dutch School (19th Century) - A classical vase, shown
Dutch School (19th Century) - A classical vase, shown
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Watercolour Indistinct signature on plinth Framed: 104 x 86 cm. (41 x 34 in) Provenance: Kevin Delahunty Antiques; from whom purchased by Mallett, 2002 Literature: Mallett, 19th Century Catalogue , 2003; Mallett, Rococo , 2004 This vase of flowers is derivative of an archetypal form seen in Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 17th century when flowers and insects had a didactic purpose: to remind us of the perishable and mortal state of man and the brevity and insignificance of our own indulgent pleasures. An antique vase reveals part of the name of the LYCIDAS, a name that is common in ancient Greek pastorals. The vase is adorned with a luxurious variety of spring and summer garden flowers that tumble predominantly to the left, the vase being visible on the right. This still-life as a whole is quite idealised and functions purely decoratively. However, during the 19th century a great interest in professional and amateur botany began, and the flowers drawn here are carefully and truthfully rendered, so that we can recognise clearly the unbelievably comprehensive bouquet of ivy, roses of various varieties, peonies, primroses, pinks, tulips, honeysuckle, daffodils, hyacinths, forget-me-knots, snowdrops, lilac, lobelia, anemones, longi lilies, amaranthus (love lies bleeding) gentians (blue bottom left), violas, violets, dianthus, willow, narcissus, berried ivy, pansies, eidelweis.
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Dutch School (19th Century) - A classical vase, shown

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