Artwork
Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche
Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Roelant Savery. It dates from 1620 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
As a still life, the work focuses on the detailed rendering of the floral arrangement, highlighting colour, texture and form.
The painting shows a bouquet of flowers placed inside a stone niche, a straightforward still‑life subject. The blossoms fill the composition, set against the recessed stone frame that gives the work its title. As a still life, the work focuses on the detailed rendering of the floral arrangement, highlighting colour, texture and form.
The sources identify the genre as still life and note that the depicted motif is a flower bouquet, but they do not elaborate on specific iconographic or symbolic meanings.
Technique & Style
Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche dates to 1620 and is executed in oil paint on a copper support measuring 27.5 cm high by 16.5 cm wide. The copper plate offers a smooth substrate that holds the oil medium. Classified as a still life, the work shows a bouquet of flowers arranged within a stone niche.
The composition centers on the floral arrangement, set against the architectural niche. It is housed in the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.
History & Provenance
Roelant Savery created the copper painting Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche in 1620. Executed in oil paint, the work depicts a floral arrangement set within a stone niche. The piece is currently held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains part of the institution's holdings.
Overview
Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche is a 1620 painting on copper by Roelant Savery, a painter from Flanders active during the Dutch Golden Age.
Artist & collection
Artist
Roelant Savery (or Roeland(t) Maertensz Saverij, or de Savery, or many variants; 1576 – buried 25 February 1639) was a Flanders-born Dutch Golden Age painter.
