Flowers in an Urn, with a Boy feeding Cherries to Two Parrots
possibly Jakob Bogdani (Eperjes (now Presov), Hungary c.1660 – Finchley 1724) and Jan van der Vaart (Haarlem 1647 – London 1721)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1721 x 1360 mm (67 3/4 x 53 1/2 in)
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 207780
Caption
This picture is evidently the work of two hands: one a specialist painter of flowers in elaborate vessels and settings; the other a professional portrait painter. The former, who painted much in the manner of the French flower-painter, Monnoyer, is possibly the Hungarian, Jakob Bogdani. The portraitist was probably the Dutchman, van der Vaart, who, in his earliest work, collaborated with Wissing.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Flowers in an Urn, with a Boy feeding Cherries to Two Parrots, possibly Jakob Bogdani (Eperjes (now Presov), Hungary c.1660 – Finchley 1724) and Jan van der Vaart (Haarlem 1647 – London 1721), circa 1700. A gold urn with meixed floweres stands on a pedestal with child on the left, seated on steps. Evidently the work of two hands, one a specialist painter of flowers in elaborate vessels and settings in the manner of Monnoyer, possibly the Hungarian, Bogdani, and the face by a professional portrait-painter, possibly the Dutchman, van der Vaart. Van der Vaart was used to collaboration from his earliest work with Wissing.
Provenance
A. Woolley-Hart (1859-1941) sale, Christie's, 28th June 1940, lot 53: bought Perman; bought by Captain Bambridge in 1940; bequeathed by Elsie Kipling, Mrs George Bambridge (1896 - 1976) in to the National Trust together with Wimpole Hall, all its contents and an estate of 3,000 acres
Credit line
Previously thought to be by Andrea Locatelli (c.1695-c.1741).
Makers and roles
possibly Jakob Bogdani (Eperjes (now Presov), Hungary c.1660 – Finchley 1724) and Jan van der Vaart (Haarlem 1647 – London 1721), artist possibly John Arnold ( fl. c. 1700 - 1745, artist