Cabbage rose, white rose, double kampernel narcissus, golden narcissus, forget-me-not, hyacinths, lilac, auricula, turban buttercups and larkspur on a marble ledge and in an alabaster vase which is decorated with two offering nymphs: honeysuckle, turban buttercups, hyacinth, cornflower, poppy anemones, cabbage rose, small morning glory and garden nasturtium

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Gerard van Spaendonck (Tilburg 1756-1822 Paris)
Cabbage rose, white rose, double kampernel narcissus, golden narcissus, forget-me-not, hyacinths, lilac, auricula, turban buttercups and larkspur on a marble ledge and in an alabaster vase which is decorated with two offering nymphs: honeysuckle, turban buttercups, hyacinth, cornflower, poppy anemones, cabbage rose, small morning glory and garden nasturtium
signed 'G v.n Spaendonck' (lower right, on the ledge)
in bodycolour on ivory, with a gilt-metal mount, set into the cover of an ebonised snuff bottle, circular
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private collection, Tilburg.

Literature

M. van Boven and S. Segal, Gerard & Cornelis can Boven - Twee Brabantse bloemenschilders in Parijs, Maarssen & The Hague, 1988, p. 144, no. 67, illustrated.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

For a similar composition, see the miniature in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in which the cylindrical alabaster vase is decorated with putti.

We are grateful to Dr. Sam Segal for his help in cataloguing this lot.

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