Vase with Flowers, Netherlands, 17th Century

Embroidered picture by Wynant Haelwegh, Netherlands, 1650. Embroidered picture by Wynant Haelwegh, Netherlands, 1650. Courtesy Rijksmuseum Amsterdam acc. no. BK-1957-70.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses an embroidered picture (tableau) made in The Netherlands (Amsterdam?) by the textile atist Wynant Haelwegh (born 1617/16180) in 1650 (according to the embroidered text in the bottom right-hand corner). It measures 51 x 36.5 cm. The embroidery is worked in silk on a silk ground. It shows a large vase with a bouquet of flowers.

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue (retrieved 11 September 2016).

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