Saturday, February 8, 2020

Van Huysum

The 18th Century Dutch van Huysum family is known for their flower paintings.

Justus van Huysum
Flowers in a vase on a stone slab, 1693
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Jan van Huysum
Flowers and Fruit
early 18th century
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Francina Margaretha van Huysum
Vase of Flowers, 1729
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In Wish With The Candles Emma Hastings notices a flower painting in Professor Justin Teylingen's dining room and he tells her it is a van Husum an ancestor recieved as payment for a debt. He doesn't identify which van Huysum painted it.

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