The Overturned Bouquet 1660s - 1670s
abrahammignon
gouache
abstract painting
sculpture
possibly oil pastel
oil painting
underpainting
painting painterly
watercolour bleed
mixed media
watercolor
"The Overturned Bouquet" is a still life painting by Abraham Mignon, a Dutch artist, created between the 1660s and 1670s. The painting depicts a vase of flowers, with a cat in the foreground, that has been overturned. The vase is a classic urn shape, which was popular during the Dutch Golden Age. The flowers in the painting are depicted with great detail, making the painting a perfect example of the Dutch tradition of still life painting.
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The ultimate challenge facing a 17th-century still-life painter was to render various materials in a convincing fashion. Everything had to appear real: a contemporary aptly coined this as ‘semblance without being’. Abraham Mignon was a master of such seeming realism. In this still life the cat playing with a mousetrap has upset a vase of flowers. Amongst the tulips, irises, poppies, and peonies can be discerned ants, spiders, caterpillars, and snails.
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