Still Life with Flowers
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 – London 1699)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1656 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
902 x 718 mm (35 1/2 x 28 1/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151330
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Still Life with Flowers by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 – London 1699). An assortment of summer flowers in a glass vase on a stone ledge.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973. In inventory of the house of the late James Hutton, Park Lane, 27-28 July 1770 as; 'A Flower Piece, by Baptist'; in undated Erddig early 19th centuryinventory as; 'Flower Piece - Baptist' and thence by descent;
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 – London 1699), artist
References
Hutton 1770 Inventory of the late James Hutton's house in Park Lane, 27-28 July 1770 , "A Flower Piece, by Baptist" Erddig 1800-29 Inventory of contents of Erddig, 1800-1829, "Flower Piece - Baptist" [between two Fruit Pieces - probably those also in Maratta frames = the Dutch (CMS.1151325 (No. 44) (P.48) and English CMS 1151327 (No.48 (P/50) pair]