Jacob van Hulsdonck

Roses in a Glass Vase

1214 detail signatuur
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1214 voorzijde

Jacob van Hulsdonck
Roses in a Glass Vase

c. 1640-1645 On view in Room 4

The bouquets in most seventeenth-century floral still lifes are made up of many different kinds of flowers, but for this small painting Van Hulsdonck selected only roses, including a sweet briar at the top left. As a result, it seems far more natural than other floral still lifes. It has also been painted with great precision, from the water droplets on the leaves to the cockchafer beetle in the bottom right-hand corner.

Van Hulsdonck worked in Antwerp, but trained in Middelburg, probably under Ambrosius Bosschaert who was specialised in flower still lifes.

Technical details
1214 voorzijde

Jacob van Hulsdonck
Roses in a Glass Vase

c. 1640-1645 On view in Room 4

Acquired by the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 2016
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Details

General information
Artist Jacob van Hulsdonck (Antwerp 1582 - 1647 Antwerp)
Title Roses in a Glass Vase
Dated c. 1640-1645
Object name painting
Inventory number 1214
On view in Room 4
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material copper
Dimensions 35 x 28.4 cm
Inscriptions
Signed lower right: IVHVLSDONCK.FE.
IVH in ligature

Provenance

Private collection, France; private collection, England; purchased by the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 2016; on long-term loan from the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, since 2016