CHRISTIAEN VAN POL

(1752–1813).

Basket of flowers

Around 1790

Signed on the right: V.POL

Watercolor and gouache on vellum, round: 7.5 cm.

Gilded bronze frame, round: 11.4 cm.

A precious miniature by CHRISTIAEN VAN POL (1752–1813) in a gilded bronze frame. Signed on the edge of the marble table: V. Pol.

Watercolor and gouache on vellum representing a basket of flowers composed of roses, poppies, jasmine, lilac, hibiscus, marigolds and small flowers coming to flesh out the larger buds carefully ordered in the basket. The composition is enriched with perches and a nest containing eggs and some feathers next to it.

RELATED WORKS:

London, Sotheby's,The Pohl-Ströher Collection Of Portrait Miniatures Part I,  6 December 2018, lot 137:  CHRISTIAEN VAN POL,Still life with a basket of flowers and fruit, c. 1790  (Sold for £ 8,750).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bénézit, Schidlof, Bouchard, Foster, Blattel, Thieme et Becker, Lemberger, Busse, Bryan, Lespinasse, Mauri.

MUSEUMS:

Fitzwilliam M., MAD Paris, Briner and Kern Museum, Duval coll.