Roses and a Tulip in a Glass Vase, c. 1650/1660

Not on View

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall (original wood support, smallest dimensions): 32 x 23.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
overall (original wood support, largest dimensions): 32.1 x 23.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
overall (with wood collar and cradle, largest dimensions): 33.2 x 24.9 x 1.5 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 x 9/16 in.)

framed: 44.5 x 35.9 x 3.8 cm (17 1/2 x 14 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1992.51.4

Artists / Makers

Jan Philips van Thielen (painter) Flemish, 1618 - 1667

Image Use

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Inscription

bottom center: Van. Thielen.

Provenance

(John Mitchell & Son, London); purchased November 1961 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1992 to NGA.

Associated Names

John Mitchell Fine Paintings
Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1998: A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 56.

1999: From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999, no. 26, fig. 41.

Bibliography

2005: Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 250-252, color repro.

2010: Maesschalck, Dimitri de. Vlaanderen in de kunst. Leuven, 2010:321, color repro.

2020: Libby, Alexandra. “From Personal Treasures to Public Gifts: The Flemish Painting Collection at the National Gallery of Art.” In America and the Art of Flanders: Collecting Paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and their Circles, edited by Esmée Quodbach. The Frick Collection Studies in the History of Art Collecting in America 5. University Park, 2020: 140.