Rijksmuseum

Boeket bloemen

Date

1680-08

Medium

deck paint, parchment (animal material), watercolor (paint), gouache (paint)

Culture

Northern Netherlands

Institution

Rijksmuseum

This exquisitely rendered ensemble looks like a just picked field bouquet, but it combines flowers found in the wild, like the violet and the cornflower, with cultivated exotic species, like the red woolflower (Celosia) at the upper right. They do not all bloom at the same time. The blue and white morning glory blossoms in the spring, and the dark purple field scabious only from August.

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