Bouquet of Flowers, 1700

Title

Bouquet of Flowers

Draughtsman

• Herman Henstenburgh

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour and gouache, black chalk or charcoal, partially gone over with egg-white glaze or gum (arabic?), on vellum

Material

• watercolours
• gouache
• coal?
• chalk?
• parchment

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• heightening
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten rechts (mit dem Pinsel in Schwarz): H: Henstenburgh. fec~ / A°. 1700.

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• still life

Primary

• 41A6711 flowers in a vase

Secondary

• 25G411(PHYSALIS) cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers (PHYSALIS)
• 25G411(IPOMOEA) cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers (IPOMOEA)
• 25G411(CHRYSANTHEMUM) cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers (CHRYSANTHEMUM)
• 25F711(VANESSA CARDUI) insects (VANESSA CARDUI)
• 25F72(SNAIL)(+36) molluscs: snail (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)