Lot 1104 Nα

In the first half of the 18th century Jan Baptist Bosschaert was counted as one of the most important representatives of Flemish flower still lifes, the history of which reaches back to the early 17th century. This work, typical of this artist's oeuvre of pairs of pictures, shows a painting which is at once splendid and decorative whilst simultaneously sophisticated and delicate in the rendering of the details. The flowers on the stone vases decorated with putto friezes appear casually arranged, but are however distributed with great effect across the whole picture surface to give two orchestrated, coordinated bouquets. As also seen in the composition and colouring of this painting, Jan Baptist Bosschaert's work took influence from French as well as Italian still life painting and fused these with his own Flemish tradition.