id:			150840
accession number:	1982.246
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.246
updated:		2023-08-23 22:44:58.809000

Flowers in a Vase, c. 1669. Simon Verelst (Dutch, 1644–1721). Oil on wood; framed: 41 x 37 x 5 cm (16 1/8 x 14 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.); unframed: 26.4 x 22.6 cm (10 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1982.246

title:				Flowers in a Vase
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creation date:			c. 1669
creation date earliest:		1664
creation date latest:		1674
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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culture:	Netherlands, 17th century
technique:	oil on wood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Netherlandish-Dutch
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Simon Verelst (Dutch, 1644–1721)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 41 x 37 x 5 cm (16 1/8 x 14 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 26.4 x 22.6 cm (10 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed S.V. 
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1983
	opening date:   1984-02-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

	title:		The Magic of Still Life
	opening date:   1986-11-04T05:00:00
	<i>The Magic of Still Life</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 1, 1987).

	title:		Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720
	opening date:   1999-10-31T00:00:00
	<i>Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720</i>. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (June 19-September 19, 1999); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 31, 1999-January 9, 2000).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	R. Warner, London
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	S. W. Highley, Harrogate (1928)
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	Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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	R. Warner (London, England)
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	S. W. Highley Harrogate, 1928
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	Mrs. Noah L. Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	date: -1982
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1982-
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With just a few flowers, Verelst created a composition of great sophistication and balance. A simple glass flask is filled with a large rose, a red anemone, and a white narcissus tinged with pink. These flowers are surrounded by a scattering of smaller blossoms. Like many still-life painters, Verelst depicted a window reflected in the glass vase, but here he did not show the window's precise structure. He did, however, use another common device: the depiction of a few chips in the stone surface to make the material seem more tangible. Early in his career, Verelst moved from Holland to London, where he worked for the court of King James II and was extravagantly praised for the realism of his flower paintings.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Warner, Ralph E. <em>Dutch and Flemish Flower and Fruit Painters of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries</em>. London, United Kingdom: Mills &amp; Boon, 1928.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 220, pl. 105a
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	Chong, Alan, W T. Kloek, and Celeste Brusati. <em>Still-life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720</em>. Zwolle, Netherlands: Waanders Publishers, 1999.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 260-262
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