
Jan van Huysum Painting Reproductions 1 of 1
1682-1749
Dutch Baroque Painter
Jan van Huysum (April 15, 1682 - February 8, 1749), Dutch painter, was born at Amsterdam.
He was the son of Justus van Huysum, who is said to have been expeditious in decorating doorways, screens and vases. A picture by Justus is preserved in the gallery of Brunswick, representing "Orpheus and the Beasts in a wooded landscape," and here we have some explanation of his son's fondness for landscapes of a conventional and Arcadian kind; for Jan van Huysum, though skilled as a painter of still life, believed himself to possess the genius of a landscape painter.
Half his pictures in public galleries are landscapes, views of imaginary lakes and harbours with impossible ruins and classic edifices, and woods of tall and motionless trees-the whole very glossy and smooth, and entirely lifeless. The earliest dated work of this kind is that of 1717, in the Louvre, a grove with maidens culling flowers near a tomb, ruins of a portico, and a distant palace on the shores of a lake bounded by mountains.
It is doubtful whether any artist ever surpassed van Huysum in representing fruit and flowers. It has been said that his fruit has no savour and his flowers have no perfume in other words, that they are hard and artificial--but this is scarcely true. In substance fruit and flower are delicate and finished imitations of nature in its more subtle varieties of matter. The fruit has an incomparable blush of down, the flowers have a perfect delicacy of tissue.
Van Huysum, too, shows supreme art in relieving flowers of various colours against each other, and often against a light and transparent background. He is always bright, sometimes even gaudy. Great taste and much grace and elegance are apparent in the arrangement of bouquets and fruit in vases adorned with has reliefs or in baskets on marble tables. There is exquisite and faultless finish everywhere. But what van Huysum has not is the breadth, the bold effectiveness, and the depth of thought of de Heem, from whom he descends through Abraham Mignon.
Some of the finest of van Huysum's fruit and flower pieces have been in English private collections: those of 1723 in the earl of Ellesmere's gallery, others of 1730-1732 in the collections of Hope and Ashburton. One of the best examples is now in the National Gallery, London (1736-1737). No public museum has finer and more numerous specimens than the Louvre, which boasts of four landscapes and six panels with still life; then come Berlin and Amsterdam with four fruit and flower pieces; then St Petersburg, Munich, Hanover, Dresden, the Hague, Brunswick, Vienna, Carlsruhe and Copenhagen.
He was the son of Justus van Huysum, who is said to have been expeditious in decorating doorways, screens and vases. A picture by Justus is preserved in the gallery of Brunswick, representing "Orpheus and the Beasts in a wooded landscape," and here we have some explanation of his son's fondness for landscapes of a conventional and Arcadian kind; for Jan van Huysum, though skilled as a painter of still life, believed himself to possess the genius of a landscape painter.
Half his pictures in public galleries are landscapes, views of imaginary lakes and harbours with impossible ruins and classic edifices, and woods of tall and motionless trees-the whole very glossy and smooth, and entirely lifeless. The earliest dated work of this kind is that of 1717, in the Louvre, a grove with maidens culling flowers near a tomb, ruins of a portico, and a distant palace on the shores of a lake bounded by mountains.
It is doubtful whether any artist ever surpassed van Huysum in representing fruit and flowers. It has been said that his fruit has no savour and his flowers have no perfume in other words, that they are hard and artificial--but this is scarcely true. In substance fruit and flower are delicate and finished imitations of nature in its more subtle varieties of matter. The fruit has an incomparable blush of down, the flowers have a perfect delicacy of tissue.
Van Huysum, too, shows supreme art in relieving flowers of various colours against each other, and often against a light and transparent background. He is always bright, sometimes even gaudy. Great taste and much grace and elegance are apparent in the arrangement of bouquets and fruit in vases adorned with has reliefs or in baskets on marble tables. There is exquisite and faultless finish everywhere. But what van Huysum has not is the breadth, the bold effectiveness, and the depth of thought of de Heem, from whom he descends through Abraham Mignon.
Some of the finest of van Huysum's fruit and flower pieces have been in English private collections: those of 1723 in the earl of Ellesmere's gallery, others of 1730-1732 in the collections of Hope and Ashburton. One of the best examples is now in the National Gallery, London (1736-1737). No public museum has finer and more numerous specimens than the Louvre, which boasts of four landscapes and six panels with still life; then come Berlin and Amsterdam with four fruit and flower pieces; then St Petersburg, Munich, Hanover, Dresden, the Hague, Brunswick, Vienna, Carlsruhe and Copenhagen.
46 Jan van Huysum Paintings

Fruit and Flowers c.1720
Oil Painting
$3064
$3064
Canvas Print
$63.64
$63.64
SKU: HUY-2722
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 59.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, UK
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 59.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, UK

Still Life with Flowers 1723
Oil Painting
$4300
$4300
Canvas Print
$64.58
$64.58
SKU: HUY-2723
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 81 x 61 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 81 x 61 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bouquet of Flowers Against a Park Landscape n.d.
Oil Painting
$7252
$7252
Canvas Print
$64.73
$64.73
SKU: HUY-2724
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 60 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 60 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Fruit Piece 1722
Oil Painting
$5430
$5430
Canvas Print
$65.20
$65.20
SKU: HUY-3903
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79.4 x 61 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79.4 x 61 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA

Vase of Flowers 1722
Oil Painting
$6830
$6830
Canvas Print
$64.26
$64.26
SKU: HUY-3904
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79.5 x 61 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79.5 x 61 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA

Still Life of Flowers and a Bird's Nest on a Pedestal n.d.
Oil Painting
$4366
$4366
Canvas Print
$56.60
$56.60
SKU: HUY-4844
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80.5 x 61 cm
Private Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80.5 x 61 cm
Private Collection

Flowers in a Vase 1726
Oil Painting
$4248
$4248
Canvas Print
$64.58
$64.58
SKU: HUY-4845
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 60 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, UK
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 60 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, UK

Bouquet of Flowers in an Urn 1724
Oil Painting
$4163
$4163
Canvas Print
$63.33
$63.33
SKU: HUY-4846
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 59.6 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 59.6 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA

The Rape of Proserpine n.d.
Oil Painting
$3924
$3924
Canvas Print
$66.60
$66.60
SKU: HUY-4847
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80.7 x 62.8 cm
Private Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80.7 x 62.8 cm
Private Collection

Flowers and Fruit c.1715/30
Oil Painting
$1945
$1945
Canvas Print
$56.60
$56.60
SKU: HUY-4848
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 40 x 32.5 cm
Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 40 x 32.5 cm
Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France

A Basket with Flowers 1744
Oil Painting
$1720
$1720
Canvas Print
$56.60
$56.60
SKU: HUY-4849
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 26 x 17 cm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 26 x 17 cm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

A Basket of Fruit 1744
Oil Painting
$2406
$2406
Canvas Print
$68.63
$68.63
SKU: HUY-4850
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 55 x 44 cm
Private Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 55 x 44 cm
Private Collection

Bouquet of Flowers n.d.
Oil Painting
$5282
$5282
Canvas Print
$68.15
$68.15
SKU: HUY-4851
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 89 x 71 cm
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, Austria
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 89 x 71 cm
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, Austria

Hollyhocks and Other Flowers in a Vase c.1702/20
Oil Painting
$2936
$2936
Canvas Print
$92.10
$92.10
SKU: HUY-4852
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 62.1 x 52.3 cm
National Gallery, London, UK
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 62.1 x 52.3 cm
National Gallery, London, UK

Flowers 1722
Oil Painting
$4323
$4323
Canvas Print
$65.04
$65.04
SKU: HUY-4853
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79 x 60 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79 x 60 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Flowers and Fruit 1723
Oil Painting
$4675
$4675
Canvas Print
$64.73
$64.73
SKU: HUY-4854
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 60.5 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 60.5 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Vase of Flowers in a Niche c.1732/36
Oil Painting
$4300
$4300
SKU: HUY-4855
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Flowers in an Urn c.1720
Oil Painting
$4206
$4206
Canvas Print
$65.20
$65.20
SKU: HUY-4856
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79.9 x 60 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79.9 x 60 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit c.1715
Oil Painting
$4628
$4628
Canvas Print
$66.13
$66.13
SKU: HUY-4857
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 78.7 x 61.3 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 78.7 x 61.3 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Still Life of Flowers and Fruit c.1716/17
Oil Painting
$3758
$3758
Canvas Print
$64.41
$64.41
SKU: HUY-4858
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79 x 59 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79 x 59 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA

Flower Piece 1740
Oil Painting
$2003
$2003
SKU: HUY-4859
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
San Diego Museum of Art, California, USA
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
San Diego Museum of Art, California, USA

Still Life of Flowers 1734
Oil Painting
$4323
$4323
SKU: HUY-4860
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Flowers in a Terracotta Vase on a Marble Ledge 1730
Oil Painting
$4957
$4957
Canvas Print
$65.04
$65.04
SKU: HUY-4861
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 61 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 61 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

A Still Life of Fruit in a Basket With Flowers ... n.d.
Oil Painting
$4822
$4822
SKU: HUY-4862
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Still Life of Grapes Peaches a Melon and other Fruit c.1727/28
Oil Painting
$6274
$6274
Canvas Print
$64.41
$64.41
SKU: HUY-4863
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 81.3 x 61 cm
Private Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 81.3 x 61 cm
Private Collection

Still Life of Fruit Upon a Marble Ledge n.d.
Oil Painting
$7945
$7945
SKU: HUY-4864
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80.2 x 60.3 cm
Private Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80.2 x 60.3 cm
Private Collection

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit n.d.
Oil Painting
$4348
$4348
Canvas Print
$65.35
$65.35
SKU: HUY-13075
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 81 x 61 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 81 x 61 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Vase with Flowers on a Socle n.d.
Oil Painting
$4395
$4395
Canvas Print
$63.64
$63.64
SKU: HUY-13076
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Petit Palais Musee des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Petit Palais Musee des Beaux Arts, Paris, France

Still Life with Flowers and Fruits 1749
Oil Painting
$3046
$3046
Canvas Print
$67.22
$67.22
SKU: HUY-13077
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 66.5 x 52 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 66.5 x 52 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Vase of Flowers in a Niche c.1725/35
Oil Painting
$4551
$4551
Canvas Print
$65.04
$65.04
SKU: HUY-13078
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 61 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 61 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Still Life with Flowers n.d.
Oil Painting
$3818
$3818
Canvas Print
$89.34
$89.34
SKU: HUY-13079
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 63 x 50 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 63 x 50 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Flowers in a Terracotta Vase c.1736/37
Oil Painting
$7807
$7807
Canvas Print
$58.65
$58.65
SKU: HUY-13080
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 133.5 x 91.5 cm
National Gallery, London, UK
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 133.5 x 91.5 cm
National Gallery, London, UK

Flowers in a Terracotta Vase n.d.
Oil Painting
$4448
$4448
Canvas Print
$57.87
$57.87
SKU: HUY-13081
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Public Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: unknown
Public Collection

Vase with Flowers c.1720
Oil Painting
$3975
$3975
Canvas Print
$65.51
$65.51
SKU: HUY-13082
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79.1 x 60.6 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79.1 x 60.6 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK

Roses, Morning Glory, Narcissi, Aster and Other ... 1744
Oil Painting
$2105
$2105
Canvas Print
$56.60
$56.60
SKU: HUY-13083
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 26 x 19.5 cm
Private Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 26 x 19.5 cm
Private Collection

Flower Still Life 1706
Oil Painting
$4127
$4127
Canvas Print
$68.94
$68.94
SKU: HUY-13084
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 89 x 72 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 89 x 72 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Flowers in a Vase with a Snail on a Ledge n.d.
Oil Painting
$3732
$3732
Canvas Print
$71.91
$71.91
SKU: HUY-13085
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 63 x 53 cm
Private Collection
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 63 x 53 cm
Private Collection

Still Life with Fruit and Butterfly c.1735
Oil Painting
$1566
$1566
Canvas Print
$56.60
$56.60
SKU: HUY-13086
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 21 x 27 cm
Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 21 x 27 cm
Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands

Still Life with Flowers and Butterfly c.1735
Oil Painting
$1452
$1452
Canvas Print
$56.60
$56.60
SKU: HUY-13087
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 21 x 27 cm
Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 21 x 27 cm
Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands

Vase with Flowers n.d.
Oil Painting
$2609
$2609
Canvas Print
$63.33
$63.33
SKU: HUY-15692
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 84 x 62.2 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 84 x 62.2 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK

Landscape with Figures, Ruins and Bridge c.1709/30
Oil Painting
$1077
$1077
Canvas Print
$56.60
$56.60
SKU: HUY-16371
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 23.5 x 29.2 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 23.5 x 29.2 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Bouquet of Flowers b.1716
Oil Painting
$4895
$4895
Canvas Print
$66.13
$66.13
SKU: HUY-16372
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 90 x 71 cm
Koninklijk Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 90 x 71 cm
Koninklijk Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

Basket of Flowers with Butterflies n.d.
Oil Painting
$2722
$2722
Canvas Print
$61.62
$61.62
SKU: HUY-16373
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 53 x 41 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 53 x 41 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Vase of Flowers in a Park with Statue n.d.
Oil Painting
$3982
$3982
Canvas Print
$63.79
$63.79
SKU: HUY-16374
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 61 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 80 x 61 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Pot Vase with Flowers and Fruits n.d.
Oil Painting
$3442
$3442
Canvas Print
$73.16
$73.16
SKU: HUY-18920
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 59 x 51 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 59 x 51 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany

Bouquet of Flowers 1714
Oil Painting
$4441
$4441
Canvas Print
$65.20
$65.20
SKU: HUY-18921
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79 x 60.3 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jan van Huysum
Original Size: 79 x 60.3 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany