2019-10-25

Finished 23rd October 2019 ** vintage flowers

1000 (-1) pcs.

Flowers in a terracotta vase by Jan van Huysum (1682-1749)
Date: 1736
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 133.5 x 91.5 cm
Acquisition credit: Bought, 1869

The flowers (...) are of different seasons and most of them are depicted larger than their natural size. The arrangement includes peonies, poppies, blue iris, African marigolds, apple blossom, narcissi, marigolds, tulips, jacinths, roses, ranunculuses and auriculas. The vase is decorated with putti in low relief. At the base of the vase are more roses, carnations, convolvulus, grapes, peaches and a chaffinch's nest. (Source)


It was really challenging to assemble the frame first and the flowers afterwards




2019-10-11

Finished 10th October 2019 ** Renoirs flowerbouquet

1000 Pieces

Bunch of flowers
Original title: "Fleurs dans un pot en terre cuite" 
by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Oil on canvas, 64,8×54,3 cm, approx. 1869
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Picture by Schapowalow/Plessner

A Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle of 1983

 

2019-10-01

Finished 1st October 2019 ** vintage flowers

759 Pieces

Stilllife with apples

A vintage jigsaw puzzle by Pelikan


 past ... and present

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