Offered by Antichità Castelbarco
Johann Baptist Drechsler (Vienna 1756 - 1811)
Signature and date - barely legible - bottom right Joh Drechsler f. 1789
Still Life with Flowers
Oil on canvas (67 x 54 cm. - In period frame 85 x 71 cm.)
The elegant canvas we are proposing is a rare autograph gem by the Viennese Johann Baptist Drechsler (Vienna 1756-1811), signed and dated in the bottom right-hand corner, executed when the painter was already an established artist.
It is a splendid floral composition, transporting us into a delicate and contemplative atmosphere, in which to be inebriated by the colours of flowering nature, with the vase filled with botanical varieties, including roses, rhododendrons, carnations, daisies and more sought-after flowers such as the beautiful elevated speronella.
The material, animated by a vivid light, acquires a particular softness, delicate and virtuosic in the definition of the reflections of the vase and the transparencies of the petals.
Inspired by the Flemish Baroque style, he drew inspiration in particular from the Dutch floral painting of Jan van Huysum and Rachel Ruysch, making the Viennese public enthusiastic about the lushness of the subject matter and the realistic style.
The richness of nature is complemented by the presence of various types of animals such as in our case a gentle butterfly ready to settle on a rose, and a fly resting on the lower edge of the vase.
The present composition is a typical example of his style and can be easily compared to the following works:
- ‘Still Life with Flowers’ (Bayerische Pinakothek München
- ‘Still Life of Flowers’ (Private Collection, Vienna
- Still Life of Flowers (Imkinsky Vienna
- ‘’Flower still life‘’ (Dorotheum Vienna
- Flower still life (Dorotheum Vienna
- Flower Still Life (Christie's, Amsterdam, 14.12.2004)
Today, Drechsler's paintings can be found in the Belvedere, the Wien Museum, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, the Princely Collections of Liechtenstein (Vaduz), the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and museums in Budapest, Prague and Cambridge.
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