Floral Still Life with a Sunflower

c. 1690

Elias Christoph Heiss

Associated Names
Elias Christoph Heiss

Artist, German, 1660 - 1731

This print shows a bouquet of flowers, including a large sunflower and smaller flowers, leaves, and buds inside a detailed vase. The vase is placed centrally on a flat surface, with the flowers extending outwards. It is rendered in grayscale tones against a black background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Christopher Mendez

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 18.2 x 14.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.125.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Earls of Stradbroke, Henham Hall, Suffolk. ( house sale, Prudential Fine Art Auctioneers, Henham Hall, 10-12, October 1988, part of an album of mainly Dutch 17th century works); (Christopher Mendez, London); gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 44.

Inscriptions

none

Wikidata ID

Q76338688

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