Vanitas Flower Still Life

Artist Willem van Aelst Dutch, 1627–after 1687

Datecirca 1656–1657

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions22 x 18 1/4 in. (55.9 x 46.4 cm)
Frame: 28 1/4 x 24 1/2 in. (71.8 x 62.2 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.57

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ProvenanceProbably created Amsterdam, ca. 1656–1657. Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1840–1929) and Fürstlich Liechtenstein'sche Gemäldegalerie, Vienna, by 1927, no. 944, as Rachel Ruysch [1]; to his brother Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853–1938), Vienna; probably to his nephew, Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906–1989), Vienna [2]; [Dr. Robert Herzig, Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, October 10, 1950] [3]; [Newhouse Galleries, New York, by 1951]; sold to NCMA, 1952, as Rachel Ruysch.

[1] This is the gallery of the Liechtenstein family collections, and ownership of the objects was maintained by the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein.
[2] During World War II the core of the Liechtenstein collections were transferred from the Garden Palace in Vienna to the castle at Vaduz in the principality of Liechtenstein.
[3] The purchase by Dr. Herzig was provided by Dr. Arthur Stögman, an archivist at the historical library of the Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna. See Weller, NCMA Dutch and Flemish Cat. (2009), p. 5 note 1.

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