Early 18th-Century Flemish School Still Life With Flowers & Vase Boats Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size:

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 29” x 22½” / 74cm x 57cmYear of creation: c

An early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a seated gentleman reading a newspaper while two ladies look on from a distance

craquelure and creases

Or maybe a commission from a nearby friend

asked her to sit for the companion piece

Early 18th-Century Flemish School Still Life With Flowers & Vase Boats Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size:A sumptuous early 18th century still life depicting an abundant bouquet tumbling from a vase. The style, colouring, and composition remind us of the Flemish still life painter, Jan Baptist Bosschaert (1667 1746). So perhaps the artist was a follower or worked within his circle. Towards the end of the 17th century, Flemish still life painting began to show a preference for decorative presentation. Artists such as Bosschaert and Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen