Daniel Seghers
A Garland of Flowers on a Carved Stone Medallion

ArtistFlemish, 1590–1661
CultureFlemish
Titles
  • A Garland of Flowers on a Carved Stone Medallion
Datec. 1650
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 45 × 37 1/2in. (114.3 × 95.3cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1977.4
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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ProvenanceKaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (the inventory number painted on the lower left could well be from his collection); [his sale, Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, August 21, 1920, lot 268]; [Galerie Fievez, Brussels, July 19–20, 1926, lot 100]; Zürcher collection, Lucerne; [Paul Drey, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1977.

Exhibition History"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.

"Masterpieces from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas, September 16–October 26, 2006.

"Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, November 11, 2006–March 9, 2007.

"Still Life Paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, January 5–March 9, 2008.

"Genre Scenes, Portraits and Still-life: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 16th and 17th Centuries," El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower right: D. Seghers Soc.tis JESU
Inventory number lower left: 357

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