A bouquet of flowers in a glass vase - Alexander Adriaenssen (1587-1661)

Alexander Adriaenssen
Flemish painter
Antwerp 1587 – 1661
A bouquet of flowers in a glass vase
Oil on panel : 64,4 X 48,3 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 83,5 X 70,0 cm

Published by G. Spiessens, Leven en werk van de Antwerpse schilder Alexander Adriaenssen, 1990, P. 196/197, Nr. T10, Pl. 102

The Antwerp still life painter Alexander Adriaenssen preferred painting fish and also game still lifes. He only painted a few,
beautiful, pure flower still lifes. Sir Peter Paul Rubens had two of
his paintings in his collection; his first wife was godmother to one
of our painter’s children.