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Description: | The Dutch artist, Jan van Os (1744-1808) began his career as a painter of seascapes but soon became a specialist in still-life flower paintings, of which this is a fine example. It shows the characteristic asymmetric pyramid that van Os often used to compose his paintings. The flowers depicted include a highly prized tulip, the subject of financial speculation in the seventeenth century. Thus, this picture emphasises wealth and luxury as well as beauty. Through such still-lives van Os achieved international fame. Between 1773 and 1791, he exhibited at the London Society of Arts and was popular with English collectors. | Subjects: | still life (flowers) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Os, Jan van (Dutch painter and poet, 1744-1808) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8855... | Go to resource |
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