Jan van Os (Middelharnis 1744-1808 The Hague)
Jan van Os (Middelharnis 1744-1808 The Hague)

Roses, poppies, a crown imperial lily and other flowers in a terracotta vase, with grapes, plums, a melon and a birds' nest on a stone ledge

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Jan van Os (Middelharnis 1744-1808 The Hague)
Roses, poppies, a crown imperial lily and other flowers in a terracotta vase, with grapes, plums, a melon and a birds' nest on a stone ledge
signed 'J.Van Os.f.' (lower center, on ledge)
oil on panel
26 x 19 in. (66 x 48 cm.)
Provenance
with Colnaghi's, London.
(Possibly) Thomas Upcher, Sheringham Hall, Norfolk.
with Laing Galleries, Toronto, Canada.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 2 July 1976, lot 72.
with Richard Green, London (The Flowerpiece through the Centuries, XVII-XX, 1988, no. 6).
Literature
Illustrated London News, 1956, XLVII, illustrated as dated 1766.
P. Mitchell, Jan van Os, 1968, p. 33, no. 68 as dated 1776.
Exhibited
Ryde, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1881-82.
Norwich, Norwich Castle Museum, Still-life, Bird and Flower Paintings, 8 October-4 December 1955, p. 18, no. 27 (as dated 1766).

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