'Still life of a bouquet in the making' by Dirck de Bray: a new acquisition at the Mauritshuis, The Hague

• Autores: Emilie E. S.. Gordenker
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 154, Nº 1307, 2012, págs. 101-102
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the 1674 painting "Still life of a bouquet in the making," by Dirck de Bray, which was acquired by the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The painting depicts an unfinished bouquet of spring flowers, unusual for 17th-century Dutch still lifes. Other topics include the symbolism of the caterpillar and butterfly in the painting, De Bray's "œuvre" of flower paintings, and the painting as part of the Mauritshuis museum's collection of 17th-century flower still lifes.