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Jan Davidsz de Heem (artist)
Dutch, 1606 - 1683/1684
Vase of Flowers, c. 1660
oil on canvas
Overall: 69.6 x 56.5 cm (27 3/8 x 22 1/4 in.) framed: 90.1 x 77.8 cm (35 1/2 x 30 5/8 in.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
1961.6.1
On View
From the Tour: Dutch Still Lifes and Landscapes of the 1600s
Object 5 of 8
1958Bury, Adrian. "Fine Paintings and Drawings of Four Centuries at the William Hallsborough Galleries." The Connoisseur 141, no. 569 (May 1958): 175-177.
1958Nicholson, Benedict. "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions." The Burlington Magazine 100 (May 1958): 145.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 198, repro.
1964Walker, John. National Gallery, Washington. Paris, 1964: 198-199, color repro.
1965Pavière, Sydney H. Floral Art: Great Masters of Flower Painting. Leigh-on-Sea, 1965: 20, colorplate 7.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 66.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 58, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 172, repro.
1978King, Marian. Adventures in Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1978: 42, pl. 20.
1982Segal, Sam. A Flowery Past: A Survey of Dutch and Flemish Flower Painting from 1600 until the Present. Exh. cat. Gallery P. de Boer, Amsterdam; Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch. Amsterdam and 's-Hertogenbosch, 1982: 12-25.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 306, no. 403, color repro.
1984Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1984: 18-19, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 199, repro.
1988Grimm, Claus. Stilleben: die niederländischen und deutschen Meister. Stuttgart, 1988: 143.
1989Meijer, Fred G. Stillevens uit de Gouden Eeuw. Exh. cat. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1989: no. 23.
1989Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. "Still Life: Its Visual Appeal and Theoretical Status in the Seventeenth Century." In Still Life of the Golden Age: Northern European Paintings from the Heinz Family Coll.. Exh. cat. NGA; MFA, Boston. Washington, 1989: 14-15.
1991The Age of the Marvelous. Exh. cat. Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1991-1992: 381, no. 157, repro.
1991Segal, Sam, and Liesbeth Helmus. Jan Davidsz. de Heem en zijn kring. Exh. cat. Central Museum, Utrecht; Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig. The Hague, 1991: no. 30 (also German ed., Jan Davidsz. de Heem und sein Kreis, Braunschweig, 1991).
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 127, repro.
1995Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 103-106, color repro. 105.

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