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If pictures had a smell, then Ambrosius Bosschaert’s paintings would fill the air with exotic scent. His many different flowers are displayed against a dark background to show their colours, shapes and textures to the fullest – pale roses, yellow and white narcissi, a single yellow chrysanthemum. The delicate petals of a purple cyclamen hide behind its broad leaf in the shadows at the base of the arrangement, where a fritillary hangs its head close to a red rosebud. A mauve anemone seems suspended in the dark space between two handsome tulips, one white, one yellow, streaked with flames of red, standing out stiff and proud against the profusion of petals below them. But roses, cyclamen and narcissi aren't in bloom at the same time of the year.
Title
Flowers in a Glass Vase
Date
1614
Medium
Oil on copper
Measurements
H 26 x W 20.5 cm
Accession number
NG6549
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Mrs Sally Speelman and Mr Anthony Speelman in memory of Mr Edward Speelman, 1994
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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Still Life of Flowers in a Vase National Trust, Anglesey Abbey -
Flowers in a Glass Vase The National Gallery, London -
A Vase of Flowers Ashmolean Museum, Oxford -
A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase on a Ledge with further Flowers, Shells and a Butterfly The National Gallery, London -
Tulips and Other Flowers in a Glass Bowl National Trust, Calke Abbey
