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Still Life with Flowers
Still Life with Flowers is an oil painting by Coenraet Roepel. It dates from 1721 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Subject & Meaning
Coenraet Roepel's 1721 oil painting, Still Life with Flowers, depicts a floral bouquet arranged on a canvas support.
Coenraet Roepel's 1721 oil painting, Still Life with Flowers, depicts a floral bouquet arranged on a canvas support. Classified as a floral painting, the work focuses exclusively on the arrangement of flowers, presenting them as the central subject without additional narrative elements or objects. As a genre piece from the early 18th century, the composition serves as a straightforward representation of botanical beauty, adhering to the conventions of Dutch still-life traditions where the arrangement itself is the primary focus of the visual experience.
Technique & Style
Still Life with Flowers is an oil painting executed on canvas, a combination of materials consistent with Dutch floral still life practice of the early eighteenth century. The work measures 67 cm in height by 52.5 cm in width, a modest vertical format suited to an intimate bouquet composition. Stylistically, it belongs to the genre of floral painting, depicting a bouquet of flowers rendered in oil paint.
The painting is held in the Rijksmuseum as part of the Kabinet van Heteren Gevers collection, originally owned by Adriaan Leonard van Heteren Gevers.
History & Provenance
The work was painted by Coenraet Roepel in 1721, as indicated by the artist’s date on the canvas and corroborated by the object’s record in the Rijksmuseum’s holdings.
It entered a notable Dutch collection when Adriaan Leonard van Heteren Gevers owned the picture; later, the painting passed into the Kabinet van Heteren Gevers and was eventually accessioned by the Rijksmuseum. The dimensions of the canvas are recorded as 67 cm in height and 52.5 cm in width.
Still Life with Flowers is an oil painting by Coenraet Roepel created in 1721. It measures 67 cm in height and 52.5 cm in width. The work belongs to the floral painting genre and depicts a bouquet of flowers.
It is part of the Rijksmuseum collection under inventory Kabinet van Heteren Gevers. The painting has been exhibited at the Rijksmuseum as part of its permanent display of Dutch and Flemish art.
Overview
Coenraet Roepel’s oil painting Still Life with Flowers, executed in 1721, presents a carefully arranged floral composition. The work is part of the Rijksmuseum’s collection and exemplifies the Dutch still‑life tradition of the early eighteenth century, focusing on the transient beauty of cut blossoms rendered with meticulous detail.
Context
During the early eighteenth century, Dutch artists often explored floral still lifes as a means to demonstrate technical skill and to convey symbolic messages about mortality and abundance. Roepel’s work aligns with this tradition, employing a realistic approach that emphasizes texture, color variation, and the interplay of light on organic forms.
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