Vase of Flowers (De Heem)

Jan Davidsz. de Heem

c. 1660 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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About this work

Artist: Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606–1684)
Year: c. 1660
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 69.6 × 56.5 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Dutch Golden Age

Striped tulips, a white peony, morning glories, pink roses, wheat ears and pea pods push out of a bulbous glass vase on a stone ledge, with blackberries dropped beside it. A caterpillar clings under the peony, a butterfly flies toward it, a bee sits on an anemone, and a snail, a salamander and a spider gather on the ledge; the panes of a window are reflected in the belly of the vase. De Heem signed it on the front of the ledge, J.D. De Heem f., and it dates from about 1660, when he was working between Antwerp and Utrecht as the leading still-life painter of the day. The flowers bloom at different seasons and were assembled from separate studies, a practice the Dutch and Flemish understood as a way of celebrating the whole of creation at once. It is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, one of the richest flower pieces in America.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Vase of Flowers in the public domain?

Yes. Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606–1684) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Vase of Flowers painted, and in what medium?

Vase of Flowers dates from c. 1660 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 69.6 × 56.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Jan Davidsz. de Heem's Vase of Flowers — a glass vase bursting with tulips, poppies, peonies and ears of wheat, with snails and insects on the stone ledge — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Dutch and Flemish Still Life, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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