Roses, Tulips and Crown Imperial in a Vase with a Bird's Nest
Jan van Os (Middleharnis 1744 – The Hague 1808)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame
Measurements
540 x 422 mm
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814155
Caption
The collection of Dutch flower paintings on show in the Library were collected by Francis Darby and hung for many years at Sunniside, his house at Coalbrookdale. They were brought here in 1966 by Lady Labouchere, who was related to the Darbys through her maternal grandmother Alice Mary.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Roses, Tulips and Crown Imperial in a Vase with a Bird's Nest by Jan von Os (Middleharnis 1744 – The Hague 1808), signed lower centre on ledge: J.Van Os fecit, circa 1770. Floral still life of roses, tulips, a Crown Imperial and other flowers in a vase decorated with putti on a stone plinth with a small bird's nest on the left containing spotted eggs. Wooded landscape in background. Fly on one of the flowers.
Provenance
Collected by Francis Darby (1783 - 1850) of Sunnyside, Coalbrookdale in the 19th century; Muriel Cope Darby; inherited from Muriel Cope-Darby (1882-1935) by Rachel Katherine Labouchere; brought to Dudmaston in 1966; 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
23 (white chalk)
Makers and roles
Jan van Os (Middleharnis 1744 – The Hague 1808), artist