Lot Description
Ambrosius Bosschaert II (1609-1645)
Flowers in a Chinese porcelain vase, with grapes, shells and a butterfly on a stone ledge
signed and dated lower right .AB.1626 (AB linked)
oil on panel
49 x 34.8 cm including four wooden strips of circa 1 cm attached to all sides
Provenance
With Galerie J. Kraus, Paris, 1978
Literature
S. Segal, Masters of Middelburg, exh. cat. 1984, pp.66/7, with ill.
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Lot Notes
The flowers have been kindly identified by Dr. S. Segal:
1. Cotton Lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus
2. Love-in-a-Mist Nigella damascena duplex
3. Provins Rose Rosa x provincialis
4. Polyanthus Narcissus Narcissus tazetta
5. Poppy Anenome Anemone coronaria albo-marginata
6. Wallflower Erysimum cheiri grandiflorum
7. Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris duplex bicolor
8. African marigold Tagetes patula
9. Tulip Tulipa stellata x T. schrenkii
10. Field Hedge-Parsley Torilis arvensis
11. Grass Iris Iris graminea
12. Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
13. Tulip Tulipa praecox x chrysantha
14. Snake's Head Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris
15. Pheasant's Eye Adonis flammea
16. Elder Iris Iris x sambucina
17. French Rose hybrid Rosa gallica x R. damascena
18. Carnation Dianthus caryophyllus plenus bicolor
19. Grapes Vitis vinifera
a Magpie Moth Abraxas grossulariata
b Magpie caterpillar Abraxas grossulariata
c Garden Bumble Bee Bombus hortorum
d Grape Morula Morul uva
e Cone Conus episcopus
f Xestra Xestra citrina
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