Simon Pietersz Verelst (Attributed), Still Life With Flowers Yellow the Director of the Russian

the Director of the Russian Icon Collection

The figures are brightly lit amid a quiet rustic interior

late-17th-century oil painting by Dutch artist Jan de Baen (1633-1702) depicts a gentleman wearing a sumptuous brown cloak

Frame with some light wear and painted

in this piece from 1869

Simon Pietersz Verelst (Attributed), Still Life With Flowers Yellow the Director of the RussianThis late 17th century still life painting, attributed to Dutch artist Simon Pietersz Verelst (1644 1710 1717) presents an arrangement of flowers gathered within a vase. At its centre, pale roses and softly unfolding blossoms are clustered in a luminous core, their petals delicately modelled with subtle transitions of light. Around them, rich red poppies with translucent petals and smaller pink blooms cascade downward toward the ledge. The painting