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| Artist | Dutch School Attributed to manner of Withoos, Matthias (Dutch painter, 1627-1703, active in Italy) Attributed to Withoos, Maria (Dutch painter, active 17th and 18th centuries) |
| Title | Dutch Flower-Piece |
| Alternative/previous titles | Still Life With Flowers and Insects |
| Date | 1713 (dated) |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 58.6 x 49.4 cm |
| Inscription | front ll 'M.W. f 1713' |
| Description | This floral still life is very similar to the paintings of Matthias Withoos. Although Netherlandish in origin, he travelled to Italy where his sotto-boccio still lifes became highly popular. This painting, with flowers arranged in an outdoor setting, adorned with various insects, snails and a lizard in the bottom right, follows his style and subject matter closely. Although the painting is inscribed with the initials 'M.W.' and was labelled in Italian on the reverse, it is dated ten years after his death. It is possible the work was painted by his daughter Maria, who was also an accomplished watercolourist. |
| Subject | still life |
| Collection | Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter |
| Current accession number | 216/1970 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Miss D. C. St Leger Good 1971. |
| Principal publications | Baker, J., Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter: Catalogue of Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Sculpture in the Permanent Collection, 1978, p. 22, as Dutch Flower Piece (Still Life With Flowers and Insects). |
| Notes | Label in documentation, 'Miss Good / (Presso Siguola Agnetti.) / Costa S. Giorgio. Des. P.P. / Firenze'. |
| Rights status | Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter |
| Author | Dr Anne L. Cowe |
