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Flowers in a Glass Vase

Date1704
Object PlaceThe Hague, Holland, Netherlands, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions32 5/8 x 26 in.
83 x 66 cm
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, Edgar Martimer, Ralph McElvenny Memorial Fund, Geraldine Schafer, Faustyn Tate, Walter B. Ford II Memorial Fund, Lenora and Alfred Glancy Foundation Fund, European Painting General Fund, Walter and Josephine Ford II Fund, Popular Subscription Fund, William H. Murphy Fund, Octavia W. Bates Fund, Director's Discretionary Fund; gifts from Mr. and Mrs. James E. Scripps, Edward Chandler Walker, City of Detroit purchase, Colonel Frank J. Hecker, Gustave Volterra, Mr. and Mrs. E. Raymond Field, William H. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, Mrs. William E. Scripps, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb, Mrs. Laura B. Higbie, Lydia Winston Malbin, Mr. and Mrs. George Munroe Endicott, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Eisenberg, Peter Monaghan, and the Claire MacDonald Church, by exchange
Terms
Object number1995.67
DescriptionLarge bouquet of flowers including roses, lilies, poppies, carnations and other selected flowers in a clear glass vase placed on a slate gray ledge. Insect and fruit on ledge flanking vase and with other insects throughout the bouquet.
On View
Not on view
Locations
  • Storage - Long-term   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 2, A
ProvenancePresumably acquired by James West of Alscot House, United Kingdom; By descent to James West (1775-1838); Collection of J. R. West; Captain W. R. West; James William A. R. West (by 1956)