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A Vase of Flowers (1716)

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remarked that this work was sold for 2100 francs to the MET and its pendant (now lost) was sold for 2050 francs. Blodgett must be credited with investing in the art of a woman, even if he let the pendant get away. Later curators must also be credited with keeping it, as only half of the 174 paintings
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The painting follows in a tradition of Dutch and Flemish flower still life paintings showing flowers in a vase with insects. This was popular among Dutch women painters of Haverman's time whose works she would have been familiar with, as evidenced by the forged signature of
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as by Ruysch. The painting illustrates the model the women worked from, as well as the relative value of Ruysch's work over that of Elliger later in the 18th-century. Haverman was registered as a pupil of the flower painter
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Painting by Jan van Huysum c. 1715 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston that shows the same niche used by Haverman
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This work was acquired as part of the initial purchase in 1871 of 174 paintings bought in Europe by
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Painting by Ottmar Elliger of 1673 that was later adorned with the forged signature of Ruysch
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style. This painting had been in the famous collection of
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79.4 cm (31.3 in) × 60.3 cm (23.7 in)
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Margaretha Haverman
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oil paint
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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RKDimages ID: 197003
The Met object ID: 436634
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Dutch
Margaretha Haverman
Metropolitan Museum of Art
William Tilden Blodgett
Jan van Gool
Statens Museum for Kunst
Delia Gaze
rosa × centifolia
dianthus
alcea rosea
calendula officinalis
passiflora
primula
poppy
tulip
forget-me-nots
peach
grape
Red Admiral
fly
ants

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