# Vase of Flowers [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FYT, Jan]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 82 x 71 cm ## Commentary Although the oeuvre of Jan Fyt covers the same themes as that of Snyders, and deals with them in a comparable manner, he does not really belong to the School of Rubens. Whereas Snyders' work is rich in glowing colours, Jan Fyt's coloration is darkened by deep shadows which give his paintings a cooler mood. He had a remarkably sensitive eye for the feel of things - rough or smooth - and the way light plays on them, conveying all this with great subtlety of brushwork and colour. His Vase of Flowers shows surprising spontaneity, which gives this canvas a far more modern spirit than the work of his contemporaries. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 7 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/tchaikovsky\_nutcracker\_waltz.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, ballet suite, op. 71, Waltz of the Flowers</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Hound with a Rabbit and a Musket in a Landscape]() - [Big Dog, Dwarf and Boy]() - [Bird Concert]() - [Bittern and Ducks Startled by Dogs]() - [Concert of Birds]() - [Dead Game]() - [Dead Partridges with Hound]() - [Diana, Goddess of the Hunt \(detail\)]() - [Diana, Goddess of the Hunt]() - [Diana with Her Hunting Dogs beside Kill \(detail\)]() - [Diana with Her Hunting Dogs beside Kill]() - [Ducks and Water Hens Surprised by Dogs]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()