# Vase of Flowers by a Window

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## Artwork

- Artist: [AST, Balthasar van der](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on panel, 67 x 98 cm

## Commentary

This is one of the elaborate still-life compositions painted by Van der Ast during his Delft years. The setting shows resemblance to early genre interiors by De Hooch and Vermeer, in particular Vermeer&#39;s &lt;A onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/v/vermeer/02a/06gread.html&#39;\)&#34; HREF=&#34;/html/v/vermeer/02a/06gread.html&#34;&gt;Letter Reader&lt;/A&gt; in Dresden. Van der Ast&#39;s still-lifes from this period are characterized by their exceptional refinement of execution, variety of motifs, and scale.

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## Attribution

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