Flowers in a Glass Vase
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 – London 1699)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1636 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
540 x 400 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 959489
Summary
Oil painting in canvas, Flowers in a Glass Vase, by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 – London 1699). A still life of flowers in a glass vase with studded sides, large dahlia blooms, narcissi and gladioli above. The Franco-Flemish flower-painter, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, known as 'Baptiste', trained in Antwerp, but became a member of the Academy in Paris in 1665 and worked for Louis XIV. His flower-pieces are rich and splendid, yet painted with the greatest regard for botanical accuracy. He also published books of engravings of flowers. This painting is probably the 'Vase with Flowers' by 'Baptiste' acquired by Charles Winn from the Womersley Park Sale in 1822, at a cost of £4. The frame is of the pattern made by Thomas Chippendale for Lady Winn's Blue Dressing Room in 1767, copied for Charles Winn in the 19th Century. The original frames are carved in wood, while the copies are made from composition (plasterwork).
Provenance
Probably the 'Vase with Flowers' by 'Baptiste' acquired by Charles Winn (1795-1874) from the Edward Harvey-Hawke, 3rd Baron Hawke (1774 - 1824) sale at Womersley Park, November 15 1821, lot 33, at a cost of £4; purchased by the National Trust by private treaty sale from Lord St Oswald in 2010
Credit line
Nostell Priory, The St Oswald Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 – London 1699), artist Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779) , framemaker