Picture "Bouquet of Flowers" (c. 1607), framed
Picture "Bouquet of Flowers" (c. 1607), framed
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Picture "Bouquet of Flowers" (c. 1607), framed
In the Baroque era, cut flowers were still considered absolute treasures. The noble houses invested veritable fortunes in tulip bulbs. This is why such a lush bouquet was considered a symbol of paradisiacal abundance and a must in every palace. At the same time, due to the short life expectancy at that time, life and death were close together. That is why cut flowers were also an allegory of beauty and the transience of life.
Original: Oil on oak, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
High-quality reproduction using the Fine Art Giclée process technique, worked by hand on artist's canvas and stretched on a stretcher frame. Motif surface with tactile and visible linen structure. Limited edition of 499 copies. In handmade studio frame with gold leaf gilding. Size 51 x 40 cm (h/w). Exclusively at ars mundi.
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About Jan Brueghel d. Ä.
1568-1625
In order to distinguish the Brueghels family, they were given epithets characterising their work. Thus, Jan Brueghel the Elder became known as the "Velvet" or "Flower" Brueghel. Indeed, his flower bouquets are among the most beautiful in Dutch painting. He composed an illusionistic flower paradise in a knowledgeable, exact reproduction of the flower shapes and colours of all seasons. Thanks to his training as a miniature painter, he was able to achieve this magnificent attention to detail.
Jan Brueghel was born in 1568 in Brussels as the second son of Pieter Brueggel the Elder. After his apprenticeship with the painter Coninxloo, he went to Italy and was admitted to the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1597. Here, he became friends with Peter Paul Rubens. The pinnacle of his career, however, was his employment as court painter to Archduke Albrecht of Austria.
Although Jan Brueghel took up his father's themes, such as landscape depictions or rural scenes, he never achieved his father's moralising effect. His skill lay in his use of colour: He achieved the velvety lighting effects of a relatively uniform colour palette through deliberately placed contrasts of light and dark, while the sumptuous floral still lifes are beguiling in their clear composition and colours.
Jan Brueghel the Elder, who had become a highly respected painter in Antwerp, succumbed on January 12, 1625, to cholera.
Term used to describe the art of the 17th century. The Baroque art style, which originated in Rome around 1600, quickly spread through the visual arts, literature, and music across nerly all of Europe, lasting in the visual arts until 1770. The final phase is generally characterised by Rococo.
Characteristic features include: the pulsating movement of all forms, the abolition of boundaries between architecture, painting, and sculpture, leading to the typical "Gesamtkunstwerk" ("total work of art"), and, above all, the purposeful use of light, which became an important artistic component. The subordination of the individual parts to the whole resulted in the creation of a unified yet dynamic space, which is fully expressed in the magnificent buildings of this period.
The Baroque art, with its penchant for grandeur, splendour, and rushing abundance, clearly reflects the desire for representation, which was a concern of secular and ecclesiastical, especially the Catholic patrons strengthened by the Counter-Reformation. In painting, characteristic features of the Baroque, are manifested in altar and ceiling painting, history scences and portraits.
Typical representatives include artists such as Anthony van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens, as well as Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the field of sculpture.
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Giclée = derived from the French verb gicler "to squirt, to spray".
The Giclée method is a digital printing process. It is a high-resolution, large-format print produced with an inkjet printer using special different-coloured dye- or pigment-based inks (usually six to twelve). The inks are lightfast, meaning they are resistant to harmful UV light. They provide a high level of nuance, contrast, and saturation.
The Giclée process is suitable for art canvases, handmade paper and watercolour paper as well as silk.