Jan van Os | Fruit and Flowers in a Terracotta Vase | NG6520 | The National Gallery, London

Artists own notes, July 2010.

Jan van Os, Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, 1777-8

This is a painting that I found in a quite corner of the National Gallery, I actually did a study of two paintings in this room (the other was Birds, Butterflies and a Frog among Plants and Fungi) I did not take note of the other paintings in the room in but will return to investigate this.

I have decided that the next collection of works will all stem from the idea's and visual cue's embedded within this van Os masterpiece. Further notes etc to follow.

John J O'Connor

John J O'Connor : Horror Crash, 2010. Acrylic, coloured pencil and graphite on paper 75.5 x 58"

Drawer, reflective / responsive to market share index. Visualising statistics, visual patterns from chaos.

Nick Devereux

St Somebody Narrative, 2008, Charcoal on Paper, 53.15 x 165.35"

Anothor artist represented by Bugada & Cargnel, Nick uses traditional charcoal techniques like that of Velasquez but is not looking for a reality: it is the information that is percieved by the human eye that is communicated.

Have some other paintings that are coming to mind when looking at this painting - will add in later.

Iconclass : Another art system

A dutch (and claimed leading system) system for the classification of artworks - Iconclass.

Works strangely in both English and Dutch at the same time.

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Art-work number	16208
Illustration number	0000038191
Current attribution	Alexander Coosemans
Dating	(1641 – 1689)
Title	Stilleven van vruchten
Subject keywords	stilleven , druif, perzik, meloen, peer, citroen, braam, pruim, vlinder
Object	schilderij
Support/technique	doek
	olieverf
Shape/dimensions	staande rechthoek, 101,6 x 94 cm
Auction	Christie's, New York City, 1985-01-15, lotnr. 75, img. kleur
Auction	Christie's, New York City, 1987-03-26, lotnr. 147, img. kleur
Auction	Sotheby's, New York [NY], 1994-05-19, lotnr. 75, img. kleur
Barcode catalogue	V9400415
Auction	Sotheby's, New York [NY], 1999-05-28, lotnr. 32, img. kleur
Barcode catalogue	0000033093
Documentation RKD	BD/0392 - ONS/Vruchten- en groentenstillevens (afb.nr.: 0000038191)
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Categories for the description of artworks

Not entirely sure how this differs from the system below, get the feeling it is possibly a different aspect - must research further: compare and contrast.

Compiled by www.getty.edu.

1.3. Object/Work Type Date

DEFINITION

A description of the date or range of dates when the object/work type is or was applicable.

EXAMPLES

from 500 BCE
1993
before 1652
1842-1896
17th century

DISCUSSION and GUIDELINES

Optional: Record the date when the object/work type was or is valid. Include references to uncertainty or ambiguity as necessary.

Form and syntax
Follow the applicable rules for display dates in CREATION - CREATION DATE.

If a work has had mutliple object/work types over time, this date is useful in establishing when the work served a particular function or purpose.

Dates may be estimated or approximate; for example, it may only be known that a work was a certain size in the 18th century, but not precisely on which day or year the measurement was taken. For further discussion of dates in general, see CREATION - DATE.

TERMINOLOGY/FORMAT

Free-text: This is not a controlled field. Maintain consistent capitalization, punctuation, and syntax where possible. Index the dates in the controlled EARLIEST DATE and LATEST DATE subcategories.

System for cataloging a SL Painting

This is the said picture (Stunning) used for the example below: Jan van Huysum, Vase of Flowers, 1722.

Well this is just fascinating - example of how to catalogue a Still Life painting in a gallery or museum. Look forward to working with this website further.

Example 10: Still Life painting

Work Record
Class [controlled]: • paintings • European art
*Work Type [link to authority]: • painting
*Title: Vase of Flowers Title Type: repository
*Creator Display: Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682-1749)
*Role [link]: painter [link]: Huysem, Jan van
*Creation Date: 1722 [controlled]: • Earliest: 1722 • Latest: 1722
*Subject [links]: • still life • flowers • urn • ledge • crown of thorns plant • tulips • roses • bird's nest • insects • beauty • transience • life • death • senses • Vanitas • Passion of Christ
Style [link to authority]: Rococo
Culture [link]: Dutch
*Current Location [link to authority]: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, USA) • ID: 82.PB.70
*Measurements: 79 x 61 cm (31 1/4 x 24 inches)
[controlled]: • Value: 79 Unit: cm Type: height | • Value: 61 Unit: cm Type: width
*Materials and Techniques: oil on panel
Material [links]: • oil paint • panel (wood) Technique [links]: • painting
Description: The subject is a still life of flowers spilling onto a ledge, some decaying and being eaten by insects. It represents the senses of sight and smell; the decay and broken stems symbolize the transient nature of life, youth, and beauty; the ledge pushed up to the picture plane resembles the ledge seen in posthumous portraits, thus symbolizing death. The crown of thorns flower at the top symbolizes the Passion of Christ.
Description Sources [link to authority]: J. Paul Getty Museum. Handbook of the Collections. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1991. Page: 115
• J. Paul Getty Museum online. www.getty.edu Page: accessed 15 October 2006

Required and recommended elements are marked with an asterisk.

New Directions

It's been a while now, i've been doing quite a bit of questioning an hope to show some kind of visual que as to my thoughts in a series here.

This is an image by Idris Khan which is a composite of images based on the works of Bernd & Hilla Becher (whose work I also admire). This is the first of a number of images that are focused on the idea of the object.