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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
From the Tour: Dutch Still Lifes and Landscapes of the 1600s
Object 5 of 8

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Baron Lionel de Rothschild [1808-1879], London; his son Leopold de Rothschild [1845-1917]; his son, Lionel de Rothschild [1882-1942]; his son Edmund de Rothschild [b. 1916]; sold 1947 to (Frank Partridge and Sons, London).[1] Mr. McIntosh, Bridge Allen, Scotland.[2] (William Hallsborough Gallery, London, 1958). (Fritz Nathan and Peter Nathan, Zurich, 1959); (Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York); purchased 17 May 1961 by NGA.

[1] Rothschild provenance information provided by Michael Hall; see letter dated 27 February 2002 in NGA curatorial files. The painting is included in the 1879 inventory of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, now in Rothschild Archive, London. [2] McIntosh provided by Nathan and Nathan, in letter dated 24 September 1959, in NGA curatorial files.

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