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The luxuriant flowers in van Walscapelle’s painting loom out of the darkness. A single shaft of light makes them glow. His painting seems alive and moving – nature is busy. The flowers appear to nod as if a breeze has passed through, leaving leaves trailing, the petals of the tulip dropping, a caterpillar dangling like an acrobat falling from a trapeze. The flowers couldn‘t have been in bloom at the same time. Nor could the summer strawberries at one end of the shelf be ripe at the same time as the luscious autumn blackberries at the other. But van Walscapelle isn’t just painting a scientific study – he’s painting a celebration of nature. He shows fresh, spring violas, the tulip already fading to make room for summer lilies and roses.
Title
Flowers in a Glass Vase
Date
about 1670
Medium
Oil on canvas, mounted onto oak
Measurements
H 59.8 x W 47.5 cm
Accession number
NG1002
Acquisition method
Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876
Work type
Painting
