The Phoenix Of All Flower Painters: Jan Van Huysum and Dutch
still-life painting
Thanks to some exceptional loans from private collections, this
unique display showed Jan Van Hysum's outstanding flower
paintings.
Celebrated as the 'Phoenix of all Flower Painters' and praised
for having 'come far closer to nature' than the previous generation
of still-life painters by Arnold Houbraken, Jan van
Huysum is one of the most famous Dutch painters in art
history - so much so that during his lifetime in the 18th century,
his flower paintings could outsell Rembrandt's work by 10
times!