16-18C Children with Summer Flowers - real & symbolic

1580s Attributed to Adriaen van der Linde  c.1560-1609

During the Renaissance 1400-1700, nature was viewed as a reflection of the divine, & flowers often were seen as reflections of Christian morals. During the Medieval period 5C - 15C, many spring gardens were created with spiritual & religious symbolism in mind. An intricate & almost clandestine language based on flower symbolism developed, & flowers in paintings sometimes became associated with emotion, morals, & ideology.

Symbolic & Religious Meaning of Flowers

Red Carnation = romantic love.

Daisy = innocence.

Hyacinth = prudence & peace of mind.

Iris = the Virgin Mary.

Lily = purity, virginity, & justice.

Rose = the Virgin Mary & love.

Sunflower = divine love, & devotion.

Tulip = nobility.

Violet = modesty & humility.

1582 Daniël van den Queborn (Dutch artist, 1552–1602)  Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau aged c. 6

1600-20 English School. Girl with a Rose, Unknown Artist

1611 Frans Pourbus, Jr. (1569-1622) Queen Henrietta Maria as a child

1619 Unknown artist Four Children of Sir Thomas Lucy III and Alice Spencer (Robert, Richard, Constance and Margaret)

1600s Dutch School, early 17C. Portrait of a Young Girl

1620s Unknown artist, portrait of a Young Boy, Henry France or Wales

1623 Paulus Moreelse Girl 1623 National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

1620-30s Cornelis de Vos (Flemish artist, 1585-1651) Artist's Daughter

1621 Cornelis de Vos (Flemish artist, 1585-1651) Magdalena de Vos with an Orange & a Rose

1635 Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp (Dutch artist, 1594-1650) Three Children of Sebastiaan Francken and Jacobmijna van Casteren

1638 Willem van der Vliet (Dutch artist, c 1584-1642) Portrait of a Child

1647 Pierre Mignard (French artist, 1612-1695) The Children of the duc de Bouillon

1650 Jan Mytens (Dutch artist, c.1614-1670) Portrait of an Unknown Young Girl Seated on the Ground with a Basket of Roses

1660s Nicolaes Maes (Dutch artist, 1634-1693) Two Young Girls

1660 Peter Lely (English artist, 1618-1680) Winston & Arabella children of Sir Winston Churchill

1663 Jan Albertsz. Rotius (Dutch artist, 1624-1666) Portrait of a Young Girl with Carnations

1670 before Attributed to Italian Sebastiano Giuliense called Sebastiano II

1695 Unknown artist, Mary Myddelton (1688–1747) and Sir William Myddelton (1694–1718) as Children

1700s Bartholomew Dandridge (Englsih artist, 1691-c.1754) The Ballard Children

1723 Alexis Simon Belle (French artist, 1674–1734) Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718-1734) with Spring flowers in a garden by a fountain near a statue.

1730 Gerardus Duyckinck (Colonial American artist, 1695-1746) Girl in Blue Dress

1730s Charles Bridges (Colonial American artist, 1670-1747) Girls of the Grymes Family

1750 John Singleton Copley (American, artist, 1738–1815) Elizabeth Greenleaf

1755 John Singleton Copley (American artist, 1738-1815). The Gore Children

1772 Carl-Ludwig Christinek (Belarus artist, 1732–1792) Sisters

17C Spring Lover presents a fragrant new Summer Rose to a Woman by Jeremiasz Flack (active 1656 -1677)

Sense of Smell. A Lover presents a fragrant Summer Rose to a Woman by Jeremiasz Falck (active 1656 -1677) engraver

19C Myth - Goddess Flora - Symbol of Spring

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Gustave Jean Jacquet (French artist, 1846-1909) Flora

20C Spring by Kees van Dongen 1877-1968

1908 Kees van Dongen (Dutch artist, 1877-1968) Spring

19C Spring Idyll by George Henry Boughton (1833–1905)

George Henry Boughton (American artist, 1833–1905) Spring Idyll (Hoping this is the most accurate of the several attributions.)

17C Spring Flowers are Blooming by William Marshall (1617-1649)

William Marshall (British printmaker, 1617-1649) Woman with a Flower Basket

19C Spring by James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902)

James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French artist, 1836-1902) Springtime

19C Spring Allegory by Alexandre Bluhm (fl. mid-19C)

19C Spring Allegory by Alexandre Bluhm (fl. mid-19C)

18C Spring Allegory from the Italian School

18C Spring Allegory from the Italian School

19C Allegory of Spring by Nathanael Schmitt (1847-1918) in 1871

19C Allegory of Spring by Nathanael Schmitt (1847-1918) in 1871

17C Spring Allegory with a Garden by Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677

Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech artist, 1607-1677)  Spring

Wenceslaus Hollar was born in 1607, the son of an upper middle-class civic official. He left his native Prague at age 20, and likely studied in Frankfurt under Matthaus Merian. His 1st book of etchings was published in 1635, in Cologne, when Hollar was 28. The following year he came to the attention of the art collector the Earl of Arundel who was making an official visit to the continent, & Hollar subsequently became a part of his household, settling in England early in 1637. He remained in England during the beginning of the English Civil War period; but left London for Antwerp in 1642, where he continued to work on a variety of projects. In 1652, he returned to England, working on a number of large projects for the publisher John Ogilby & Sir William Dugdale. Hollar was in London during the Great Fire of 1666, & remains most famous for his scenes of the city before & after the fire. He a skilled etcher, which is remarkable given that he was almost blind in one eye. Hollar died in London on 25 March 1677. By his life's end, he had produced nearly 3000 separate etchings.

18C Spring From Allegories of the 4 Seasons by Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont (1693- 1761)

 

18C Spring From Allegories of the 4 Seasons by Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont (1693- 1761)

17C Puttie & Spring in the Garden attr to Jan Breughel II (1601-1678)

Attributed to Jan Breughel II (1601-1678) Formal Spring Garden with a central Fountain & a few Flower Pickers

17C Spring Allegory with Flowers & a Garden by Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677

1641 Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech, 1607-1677) Spring

Wenceslaus Hollar was born in 1607, the son of an upper middle-class civic official. Very little is known about his early life, but he evidently learned the rudiments of his craft by age eighteen, left his native Prague at age twenty, and likely studied in Frankfurt under Matthaus Merian. His first book of etchings was published in 1635, in Cologne when Hollar was twenty-eight. The following year he came to the attention of the renowned art collector the Earl of Arundel who was making an official visit to the continent, and Hollar subsequently became a part of his household, settling in England early in 1637. He remained in England during the beginning of the English Civil War period, but left London for Antwerp in 1642, where he continued to work on a variety of projects. In 1652 he returned to England, working on a number of large projects for the publisher John Ogilby and for the antiquary Sir William Dugdale. Hollar was in London during the Great Fire of 1666, and remains most famous for his scenes of the city before and after the fire. He was one of the most skilled etchers of his or any other time, which is all the more remarkable given that he was almost blind in one eye. Hollar died in London on 25 March 1677. By his life's end, he had produced some 2700 separate etchings.

17C The weather is beginning to warm up. Woman Holding A Fan by Abraham Bosse (French, c 1602-04–1676)

Woman Holding A Fan by Abraham Bosse (French, c 1602/1604–1676)  Bosse was a French illustrator, mainly as a printmaker in etching. He was born to Huguenot (Calvinist) parents in Tours, France, where his father had moved from Germany. His father was a tailor, & Bosse's work always depicted clothes in loving detail. Roughly 1600 etchings are attributed to him, with subjects including: daily life, religion, literature, fashion, technology, & science. Most of his output was illustrations for books, but many were also sold separately. His style grows from Dutch & Flemish art, but is given a strongly French flavor. Many of his images give informative detail about middle & upper-class daily life in the period, although they must be treated with care as historical evidence.