Still life of flowers

Still life of flowers

Josef Lauer

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Details

Artist
Josef Lauer
Date
1839
Holding institution
Belvedere, Vienna
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Subject Matter

  • Still Life Both · 99%

    The catalog title identifies the work as a still life of flowers, and the image visibly depicts an arranged floral display.

  • Flora Both · 99%

    Flowers, leaves, stems, buds, and trailing ivy dominate the composition.

  • Animals Visual · 99%

    Multiple butterflies and a beetle are visibly depicted among the flowers and on the ledge.

Visual Qualities

  • Highly Detailed Visual · 95%

    The painting renders petals, leaves, stems, insects, and surface textures with sustained fine detail.

  • Dense Composition Visual · 95%

    Flowers, foliage, insects, vessel, ledge, and trailing vines densely occupy the picture plane.

  • Dark Colors Visual · 95%

    Deep green, brown, and near-black areas form much of the background and surrounding setting.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Both · 99%

    The catalog classifies the work as a painting, and the image is visibly a painted two-dimensional artwork.

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

    The catalog specifies canvas and oil paint as the medium.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work to 1839, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Tableware, Vessels, and Objects

  • Vessel Visual · 90%

    A transparent vase-like container is visibly included beneath part of the floral arrangement.

Source & rights

Josef Lauer. https://digital.belvedere.at/objects/1084/blumenstillleben

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