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Still Life with Flowers
Still Life with Flowers is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Jacob Campo Weyerman. It dates from 1710 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
Executed in 1710, this floral still life is rendered in oil paint on a wooden panel. The work measures 52 cm in height and 41 cm in width. Visually, the composition focuses on a bouquet of flowers, characteristic of the genre. The piece was historically owned by Victor de Stuers before entering the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
History & Provenance
The work was owned by Victor de Stuers before entering the collection of the Rijksmuseum, where it is currently held.
Still Life with Flowers was painted by Jacob Campo Weyerman in 1710. The oil on panel painting depicts a bouquet of flowers. The work was owned by Victor de Stuers before entering the collection of the Rijksmuseum, where it is currently held.
Still Life with Flowers by Jacob Campo Weyerman is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands, where it is catalogued as an oil-on-panel floral painting dated 1710. Prior to entering the museum's holdings, the work was owned by Victor de Stuers. No exhibition history is recorded in the available sources.
Overview
Jacob Campo Weyerman’s 1710 oil painting titled Still Life with Flowers presents a single vase brimming with a vivid bouquet against an unlit backdrop. The composition concentrates on the interplay of colour and form, isolating the arrangement on a dark shelf that accentuates the reds, whites, pinks and green foliage. The work is part of the Rijksmuseum’s collection.
Subject & Meaning
The canvas depicts a domestic still‑life: a glass vessel holding an assorted cluster of blossoms, rendered with meticulous attention to botanical detail. By isolating the flowers from any surrounding narrative, Weyerman invites contemplation of natural beauty and the transience of floral life, a common theme in Dutch still‑life traditions.
Context
Created during the later phase of the Dutch Golden Age, the work aligns with a tradition of floral still‑lifes that celebrated both artistic skill and the scientific interest in botany. Weyerman’s contemporaries similarly used dramatic lighting to emphasize material richness, situating this piece within a broader cultural fascination with realism and moral symbolism.
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Artist
Jacob Campo Weyerman (9 August 1677 – 9 March 1747) was a painter and writer during the period known as the Dutch Enlightenment.
