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The image shows a basket filled with black and white flowers, intricately detailed with leaves and petals. The basket sits on a surface, with flowers extending upwards. A bee is shown near the flowers in the lower right corner.
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The image shows a basket filled with black and white flowers, intricately detailed with leaves and petals. The basket sits on a surface, with flowers extending upwards. A bee is shown near the flowers in the lower right corner.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Basket of Spring Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

Date
c. 1680
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 48.4 x 42 cm (19 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.) sheet: 49.6 x 43.5 cm (19 1/2 x 17 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2007.81.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Grandes corbeilles en hauteur

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • etching
  • Flower
  • still life
  • still
  • engraving
  • Basket
Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in image: dessiné et gravé par J. Baptiste / ND e Poilly ex Cu Pr. Regis.

NGA object ID 138791. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.