A Still Life of Flowers and Fruit upon a Ledge in a Park Setting
Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682 - Amsterdam 1749)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1742 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on copper in a giltwood frame
Measurements
787 x 603 mm (31 x 23 3/4 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814216
Summary
Oil painting on copper, Still Life of Flowers and Fruit upon a Ledge in a Park Setting by Jan van Huysum (1682-1749), signed, bottom left: Jan van Huysum facit [sic] 1742. Still-life in oil on metal of black and white grapes, pomegranate, red currents and other fruit, arranged with red and pink carnations with vine leaves. Large classical urn decorated with putti to the left and detailed insects. Wooded landscape in background.
Provenance
From Landgrafen of Hesse-Cassel's collection in 18th century; Francis Darby (1783 - 1850); given by Rachel Katherine Hamilton-Russell, Lady Labouchere (1908 – 1996) along with the Dudmaston estate in 1978
Credit line
Dudmaston, The Labouchere Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
94 (in chalk)
Makers and roles
Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682 - Amsterdam 1749), artist