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| Title | Still Life | |
| Alternative Title | Flower-piece | |
| Collection | Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling | |
| Artist | Attributed to manner of Heem, Jan Davidsz. de (Dutch painter, born 1606, died 1683 or 1684) | |
| Date Earliest | possibly about 1830 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1860 | |
| Description | This flower-piece depends upon contrasts between white, pinks, and reds of open flowers set against clusters of blue-green leaves, creating a balance between warm and recessive tones. The bouquet filling out the upper two thirds of the canvas is contained within a silver vase which reflects the play of light on its oval surface, and around the moulded stem. The flowers on a wooden table are set against a sombre background. The controlled manner recalls the work of the seventeenth-century Dutch painter De Heem, and this may be by a follower. De Heem's style dominated Dutch flower-painting before Van Huysum. | |
| Current Accession Number | STIGM:8119 | |
| Former Accession Number | 239 | |
| Subject | still life | |
| Measurements | 48.9 x 36.7 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on millboard (canvas board) | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by L.J. Platt 1914 | |
| Publications | Catalogue of Collections in the Picture Galleries and Museum of The Smith Institute Stirling, Stirling, 1934, p. 43. | |
| Notes | L.J. Platt was from Stirling. He bequeathed his entire collection to The Smith Art Gallery and Museum in 1914. | |
| Rights Owner | Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum | |
| Author | Dr Claudia Heide | |