#jan davidsz de heem

[psikonauti]

Jan Davidsz de Heem (Dutch,1606-1683/84)

Still Life with a Glass and Oysters, c. 1640

Oil on wood

[emaadsidiki]

Oil on Canvas 🎨

Vase of Flowers -1660

Jan Davidsz de Heem

National Gallery of Art

[oldsardens]

Jan Davidsz de Heem - Flowers in a glass Vase with Fruit

[lionofchaeronea]

Still Life with Books and a Violin, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, 1628

[love-for-carnation]

Still life with flowers in a glass vase, 1650-1683 Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-1684, Dutch)

[the-goya-jerker]

I'd be interested to know your thoughts on Jan Davidsz. de Heem's 1606-1683/4 Still Life. I saw it in an exhibition on Dutch flower paintings. Something about the abundance tips into overabundance for me, and my brain couldn't decide if it was beautiful or grotesque or both.

Link here https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-davidsz-de-heem-still-life

For me this abundance definitely doesn't quite tip into overabundance. It feels indulgent, but in a delightfully hedonistic way. It feels downright Dionysian.

For me, there's a wetness to this painting. The orange and the cherries (?) look almost like jewels to me with how they shine. The way the wine looks almost opaque is beautiful.

There's something too about how the plant life twists around. There's flowers, wheat, vines, all twisting around this scene. This feels wild, in sharp contrast to the deeply human way the orange was peeled and the oysters lay shucked. There's a snail sandwiched between wild looking cherries, still clinging to a twig, and wheat, something cultivated by man.

As I'll say a billion times, I love the richness of the colors. The dull earthy greens are contrasting against the bright sharpness of the warm tones in a way that just draws your eye to them.

I feel like those cherries have the same curse on them that the ring in Lord of the Rings did or whatever. I feel an intense need for them, and to keep them to myself.

Anyway, this painting both makes me feel hungry for fruit and makes me remember that all of humanity's creations will one day be overtaken by nature. Hail Lord Dionysus and all that, man.

6/10

[mariabotticelli]

Festoon of Fruit and Flowers (detail), Jan Davidsz de Heem

[cherryybond]

1: Persian tulip. Jan Davidsz de Heem, Vase of Flowers, 1670. 2 and 3: Flemish tulip. Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase, c. 1610-1615. 4 and 5: Kurdistanica Tulip Hybrid, Red tulip hybrid and Fire tulip hybrid. Jacob de Gheyn II, Flowers in a Glass Flask, 1612.

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase, ca. 1660, oil/copper (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

[visual-sandwich]

Circle of Jan Davidsz de Heem : A rose parrot tulips morning glory

[weepingwidar]

Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Dutch, 1606–1683/1684) - Vase of Flowers (ca. 1660)

[psikonauti]

Frans Smit (South African, b. 1976)

After Jan Davidsz De Heem: Still life with a glass and oysters, 2024

Oil and spray on canvas

[meisterdrucke]

Still Life with Books, 1625-30 by Jan Davidsz de Heem (Öl auf Platte)

[oldsardens]

Jan Davidsz de Heem - Cantaloupe, peaches, grapes, plums and other fruit and vegetables with insects on a forest floor

[lionofchaeronea]

Still Life with a Wine Glass, Lemon Peel, Peaches, Grapes, and Cherries on the Corner of a Partly Draped Wooden Table, Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1684)

[love-for-carnation]

A Garland of Flowers Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-1684, Dutch)