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Flowers in an Urn Decorated with Putti, on a Plinth
Inscriptions
Inscribed verso, lower left corner, in graphite: “A5414”; in pen and brown ink: “N.3936”; in graphite: “B No23”; lower right, in graphite: “25”
Provenance
Carl Robert Rudolf (c. 1884–1974), London, 1962 [stamp (Lugt 2811b), recto, lower right, in black]; sold, Sotheby’s, May 21, 1963, lot 35, to Robert M. Light, Boston, for Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, Mass.; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.
Exhibition history
London, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, May 17–Jun. 20, 1951, no. 31, pl. 8. London, Royal Academy of Arts, Drawings by Old Masters, 1953, Aug. 13–Oct. 25, 1953, p. 81, no. 330. London, Arts Council, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of C. R. Rudolf, 1962, p. 21, cat. 106. Art Institute of Chicago, Gifts of a Lifetime: 49 Old Masters Drawings from the Dorothy Braude Edinburg Collection, Dec. 11,1998–Mar. 28,1999, checklist 23 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, The Broad Spectrum: Color on Paper, Past and Present, Sept. 12–Oct. 31, 1999, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, June 3–July 30, 2006, p. 50, cat. 23 (ill.).
Publications
Christopher White, The Flower Drawings of Jan van Huysum (F. Lewis Publishers, Limited: Leigh-on-Sea, 1964), p. 18, no. 87, pl. 35 (left).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jan van Huysum / Dutch, 1682-1749
- Date
- early 18th century
- Medium
- Pen and black ink and brush and black and brown ink washes, over red chalk, on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 38.5 × 29.9 cm (15 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- pen and ink drawings
- Place
- Holland
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1998.112
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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00005741
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