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Bouquet of Flowers Gouache and opaque paint, on parchment, 30 x 23 cm, anonymous (Dutch), 1680 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| A bouquet composed of various flowers, including wild species such as the violet and the cornflower, set alongside cultivated and more exotic garden plants including the red woolflower, the French marigold and the double pink hollyhock. These plants belong to different flowering seasons and cycles and would never appear in bloom together in nature. This construction, bringing spring, summer and late season flowers into a single, imagined arrangement. |
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