Summer Flowers on a Plinth
Gaspar Peeter de Verbruggen the younger (Antwerp 1664 - Antwerp 1730)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1684 - 1730
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1174 x 889 mm (46 1/4 x 35 in)
Place of origin
Antwerp
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597943
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Summer Flowers on a Plinth by Gaspar Peeter Verbrugghen the younger (1664-1730), signed 'Verbrugghen' and obscurely dated. A still life of summer flowers falling over a pedestal.
Provenance
Bought and bequeathed by Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart (1871-1951) to the National Trust and transferred to Montacute House, 1960 after the death of Lady Stewart
Credit line
Montacute House, The Malcolm Stewart Bequest (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Verbrugghen and date (indistinct)
Makers and roles
Gaspar Peeter de Verbruggen the younger (Antwerp 1664 - Antwerp 1730) , artist
References
Gore 1969: F. St John Gore, 'Pictures in National Trust Houses', supplement to Burlington Magazine, Vol.cxi, No.793. April 1969, pp.239-58, p.248. "Montacute House, Somerset (Montacute, Nr.Yeovil) Ownership. In 1960 a collection of pictures (marked *) was bequeathed by Sir Malcolm Stewart. Verbruggen, G.P. Summer Flowers* sgd. 46 3/4 x 45." Montacute House, Somerset, 1976 [The National Trust; Dudley Dodd] 1976, THE PASSAGEWAY Paintings North Wall Sumemr Flowers, G. P. Verbruggen (1664-1730)." Montacute House, Somerset, 1991 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, p.60. "THE DRAWING ROOM PAINTINGS Summer Flowers A decorative piece by an Antwerp artist whose work is close in style to that of his father. (Stewart bequest). Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger (1664-1730). Signed and obscurely dated." Montacute House, Somerset, 1997 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, revised 1997 , p.60. "THE DRAWING ROOM PAINTINGS Summer Flowers A decorative piece by an Antwerp artist whose work is close in style to that of his father. (Stewart bequest). Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger (1664-1730). Signed and obscurely dated." Montacute House, Somerset, 2004-2006 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 2000, revised 2004, reprinted 2005, 2006, p.48. "THE DRAWING ROOM PAINTINGS Summer Flowers A decorative piece by an Antwerp artist whose work is close in style to that of his father. (Stewart bequest). Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger (1664-1730). Signed and obscurely dated."