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BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder: Bouquet of Flowers

🖼 Bouquet of Flowers, 1609-15
Oil on oak
64 × 59 cm
Berlin, Germany

Delicate blooms cluster densely in a glass vase, rendered with meticulous detail and jewel-like colors against dark background. Brueghel pioneered the independent flower painting genre, transforming botanical study into precious, collectible art that influenced Northern European still life for centuries.

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