# Bouquet of Flowers

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-of-flowers-re721a4740bd110>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on oak, 64 x 59 cm

## Commentary

This flower painting results from, and pays tribute to, the Age of Exploration, which permitted, for the first time, species to be brought back from the Near and Far East, the New World, and Africa. Like a blossoming globe, Brueghel&#39;s panel maps out discovery in terms of botany. Forty-four flowers in the ceramic container, and five in the wreath were identified.

## Related artworks

- [A Flemish Fair \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/a-flemish-fair-detail-r27688de1d2dd96>)
- [A Flemish Fair \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/a-flemish-fair-detail-r3bcbf391cd866e>)
- [A Flemish Fair](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/a-flemish-fair-r0308dcab219510>)
- [Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/adam-and-eve-in-the-garden-of-eden-r4564b81c46d5b0>)
- [Air \(Optics\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/air-optics-rba0feb1c879c68>)
- [Allegory of Sight and Smell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/allegory-of-sight-and-smell-r597f5ab34adc66>)
- [Bouquet in a Clay Vase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-in-a-clay-vase-r08b965c81ec632>)
- [Bouquet in a Clay Vase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-in-a-clay-vase-r5e77920b69ef38>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-of-flowers-detail-rcf70c0b0e4a71f>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-of-flowers-r088404730cbc58>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-of-flowers-r23ac8e42a54995>)
- [Bouquet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-jan-the-elder-r209239412a2aba/bouquet-recb07446f9cab9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)