JUAN DE ARELLANO | A STILL LIFE OF NARCISSI, DAFFODILS, TULIPS, HOLLYHOCKS, HYACINTHS AND OTHER FLOWERS IN A GLASS VASE ON A STONE LEDGE, WITH BUTTERFLIES

Lensgreve S. Schulin, Frederiksdal, Denmark;

Anonymous sale ("Property of a Lady"), London, Christie's, 9 December 2005, lot 202, for £67,925.

This painting has been dated by Peter Cherry as a relatively early work by the artist.¹ It is close in style to a number of pictures of flowers in vases from the mid-1640s and to the pair of masterpieces, Festoons of Flowers with a Cartouche Surrounding a Landscape, signed and dated 1652, in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

 1. In a private communication, dated 20 October 2006, available upon request.