Author: Sven Van Dorst
Title: VASE OF FLOWERS WITH VANITAS SYMBOLS : Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1684) on the Boundary Between Tradition and Innovation.
Description: Phoebus Focus XXXIV, 2023 PB+, 210 x 148 mm, 80 p, ENG edition, *new. ISBN 9789464666793. ¶ Someone who looked at this painting four centuries ago saw not only a vase stuffed with flowers, fluttering butterflies, oysters, citrus fruits and a pipe. He or she also recognized vanitas symbols, a reminder of transience. The flower bouquet by Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1684) after not having any problems all this time. Thanks to the brilliant painting technique for which the master was praised in his time and is still known today, the work still looks sparkling fresh. Based on historical sources and material-technical research of De Heem's Flower Vase with Vanitas Symbols, this Phoebus Focus takes you to the flourishing seventeenth century.

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