Artwork
Flower Piece
Flower Piece is an oil painting by the Flemish Baroque painting artist Franz Werner Tamm. It dates from 1700 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
Flower Piece is a still life painting that depicts flowers, rendered in oil on canvas.
Flower Piece is a still life painting that depicts flowers, rendered in oil on canvas. As a flower piece, the work belongs to a long-standing genre in European art in which cut blooms are arranged for display, often carrying layered symbolic associations drawn from traditional floral iconography. Within that tradition, individual flowers can carry meanings such as the transience of beauty, the brevity of life, or spiritual devotion, rooted in vanitas and devotional imagery.
The 1698 canvas by Franz Werner Tamm, now held by the Statens Museum for Kunst, presents a composed floral arrangement as its sole subject, inviting readings tied to these conventional themes of fragility and natural splendor.
Technique & Style
Flower Piece is an oil-on-canvas painting executed by Franz Werner Tamm in 1698. As a still life work, the piece depicts floral subjects rendered through the medium of oil paint applied to a canvas support. The artwork is currently held within the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
History & Provenance
Flower Piece is an oil painting created in 1698 by Franz Werner Tamm. It belongs to the still life genre and was originally produced as a work of art for the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains in the museum's collection today. The painting was executed on canvas using oil paint, reflecting the artistic practices of the late 17th century.
Its creation history is tied to the artist's output during this period, with the work dated precisely to the year 1698. The provenance indicates a continuous ownership chain from the artist to the museum, which holds it in its collection.
The painting Flower Piece by Franz Werner Tamm is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. Created in 1698, this oil-on-canvas still life is part of the museum's permanent holdings. The sources do not provide a specific inventory or accession number for the work, nor do they list any exhibition history.
Overview
Created in 1700, this oil painting by Franz Werner Tamm presents a solitary floral arrangement. The work is a still‑life that focuses on a single, abundant bunch of blossoms set within a dark vessel. It is part of the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it is displayed among other examples of early‑18th‑century Dutch‑influenced painting.
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