Flower Still Life
Wybrand Hendriks, Flower Still Life, 1810/1830, oil on panel, Gift of the Honorable George Rossman in memory of his wife, Loreta Showers Rossman, public domain, 65.19
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- Title
Flower Still Life
- Artist
- Date
1810/1830
- Medium
oil on panel
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
18 3/4 in x 14 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: W. Hendricks, brushed, lower left
- Collection Area
European Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
Dutch
- Credit Line
Gift of the Honorable George Rossman in memory of his wife, Loreta Showers Rossman
- Accession Number
65.19
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Hendriks's still life offers a summation of the extraordinary achievements of Dutch flower painting in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Far removed from realism, the lavish bouquets are artfully contrived assemblages featuring exquisitely detailed renderings of flowers that could never have been in bloom simultaneously. Glistening dewdrops and a stray insect complete the deception and attest to the painter's illusionist skill.
Hendriks's achievement was not only the product of his training at the Amsterdam Academy. His fine-tuned appreciation of the history of his art form was developed as the first curator of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, a post he held from 1785 to 1819.