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Bosschaert's style is astonishingly precise. He paints each bloom as though it were a portrait, applying the paint so carefully that every trace of brushwork disappears. His paintings are composed from careful studies of individual flowers. This empirical approach stemmed from the enthusiasm for botany in the early seventeenth century, when scientists were identifying and classifying thousands of newly discovered plant species.
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Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vase,
1621, oil on copper, National Gallery of Art, Washington,
Patrons’
Permanent Fund and New Century Fund 1996.35.1
