Pieter Adriaensz. van de Venne (died 1657)

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Pieter Adriaensz. van de Venne (died 1657)

Tulips, marigolds, forget-me-nots, roses and other flowers in a glass vase on a draped table

signed and dated with the end of the brush lower right P:v.Venne/1649, oil on panel
54.5 x 41.8 cm

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Key to the diagram depicting the species of flowers, kindly provided by Dr Sam Segal:

1 Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides
2 Austrian Briar Rosa foetida Bicolor
3 White Rose Rosa x alba subplena
4 Yellow Rose Rosa foetida
5 Stock Matthiola incana lilacina
6 Dusky Crane's-bill Geranium phaeum
7 Tulip Tulipa clusiana x T. stellata
8 Tulip Tulipa clusiana x T. schrenkii
9 Marigold Calendula officinalis
10 Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense album
11 Pansy Viola tricolor
12 Stock Matthiola incana violacea
13 Provins Rose Rosa x provincialis

See colour illustration

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