Flowers in an Urn

Jan van Huysum

c. 1720/1722 · Oil on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Flowers in an Urn

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

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About this work

Artist: Jan van Huysum (1682–1749)
Year: c. 1720/1722
Medium: Oil on panel
Original size: 79.9 × 60 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Dutch Golden Age

Blue irises, white peonies, tulips, carnations, violets and a scarlet poppy crowd a terracotta urn carved with playful cupids, set on the corner of a veined marble ledge where a bird's nest with pale blue eggs teeters at the edge. Three butterflies rest among the blooms, and the whole arrangement is lit from the upper left against a streaked ochre ground. Jan van Huysum signed it on the face of the ledge, Jan Van Huysum fecit, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington dates it to about 1720 to 1722, the years of his most ambitious bouquets. Like Jan Davidsz de Heem before him, he combined flowers that never bloom together and added insects to enliven the scene, each one painted from a separate study. The light palette and loose, swirling rhythm of the stems mark the shift from the dark Golden Age still life to the airy manner of the eighteenth century.

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 Flowers in an Urn in the public domain?

Yes. Jan van Huysum (1682–1749) 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 Flowers in an Urn painted, and in what medium?

Flowers in an Urn dates from c. 1720/1722 and was made in oil on panel; the original measures 79.9 × 60 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 van Huysum's Flowers in an Urn — Flowers in an Urn — a towering arrangement of tulips, roses and hyacinths in a sculpted terracotta urn — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Dutch Flower Painting, 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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