Flower piece
Judith Leyster·1654
Historical Context
Flower Piece from 1654 by Judith Leyster is one of her rare still life paintings, created late in her career after her marriage to the painter Jan Miense Molenaer. Leyster's flower painting demonstrates her versatility beyond the genre scenes for which she is best known. Leyster executed her genre paintings in oil on panel with a direct unelaborated technique that achieves considerable luminosity through warm tonal glazing. After her marriage to Jan Molenaer in 1636 her documented output decl...
Technical Analysis
The flowers are rendered with precise botanical observation and rich coloring, the arrangement composed with the same confident skill Leyster brought to her better-known genre subjects.
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