A Basket of Spring Flowers

c. 1680

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

Artist, French, 1636 - 1699

The image shows a basket filled with black and white flowers, intricately detailed with leaves and petals. The basket sits on a surface, with flowers extending upwards. A bee is shown near the flowers in the lower right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 48.4 x 42 cm (19 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 49.6 x 43.5 cm (19 1/2 x 17 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.81.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 43.

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Inscriptions

lower left in image: dessiné et gravé par J. Baptiste / ND e Poilly ex Cu Pr. Regis.

Wikidata ID

Q76438646

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