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Costly blooms like roses and tulips are tumbled together with humbler flowers like morning glory and marigolds, forming an exuberant, almost wild, bouquet. Tiny insects burrow through the petals while a cabbage white butterfly balances precariously on top. The painting isn’t as spontaneous as it appears. These flowers are never in bloom at the same time; Paulus Theodorus van Brussel painted each from sketches made when they were. Most of all, he achieved the unkempt, haphazard look of the bouquet through careful design. The blue iris takes centre stage, the single upright flower. It’s supported by a strong diagonal of flowers in paler colours, from the pink rose at the bottom on the left up to the striped tulips on the right at the top.
Title
Flowers in a Vase
Date
1789
Medium
Oil on mahogany
Measurements
H 78.4 x W 61.2 cm
Accession number
NG5174
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Jackson, 1940
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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