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Born and deceased in Amsterdam, Jan van Huysum (1682–1749) trained with his father Justus, himself a flower painter. He became a sought-after specialist in still life while also producing some landscapes. Visits to horticultural centres, particularly Haarlem, supplied opportunities to study living plants. His drawings also include studies for complete bouquets, preparing the arrangement of the many species brought together in his paintings.
During his career, dark backgrounds gave way to lighter compositions, sometimes incorporating landscape elements. Flowers in a Terracotta Vase at the National Gallery, dated 1736–1737, assembles more than thirty species together with insects and fruit. This abundance is precisely organised: the apparently spontaneous bouquet is the result of an attentive pictorial construction, combining botanical observation with decisions about the placement of individual forms.
This profile brings together identity references for Jan van Huysum and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky · Zofingen · Schuler · Lempertz · Piguet
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Oil on canvas
In der Art - Manner of
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2026-05-08
Published result : 600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000
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Kreide in Schwarz mit Öl
Auction date : 2025-11-22
Published result : 6552 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 5000
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à Huysum Jan van — Stillleben
Oel auf Leinwand
Zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2025-11-29
Attributed
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Oil on wood
Kopie des frühen 20.Jhs
Öl auf Holz
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2025-06-12
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700–900
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Oel auf Leinwand auf Holz
D’après Huysum Jan van — Blumenstillleben
Oel auf Leinwand auf Holz
Nach
Catalogue period : 2023-11-25
After
Published result : 2400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800
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Oil on canvas
In der Art - Manner of
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2023-05-12
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2400
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Oil on canvas
In der Art - Manner of
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2023-05-12
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Oil on canvas
Entourage de Jan van Huysum — Tulipes, Roses, and other Flowers in a Basket
huile sur toile
entourage de
Catalogue period : 2022-11-24 — 2022-12-07
Circle of
Published result : 5000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 10000–15000
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