Flower garland with the virgin and child, ca. 1645–50. © nationalmuseum, stockholm. Seghers’ flower garland with the virgin and child (ca. 1645-50) was painted on an unusually large-format copper plate. The central image of the virgin was probably executed by erasmus ii quellinus (1607-1678), one of the artists with whom seghers collaborated over the years. Together they produced around 29 compositions comparable to the present example, one of which bears the signatures of both artists. A majority of these works were not intended for sale but were instead used by the jesuit order as diplomatic gifts to european rulers and other prominent persons. The painting belonged to the well-known art collection at österbybruk in uppland, and thus has an early swedish provenance. There, it was one of the most highly valued paintings in the art collection of henrik wilhelm peill (1730-1797) and his spouse anna johanna grill (1745-1801). Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: ca. 1645-50. Dimensions: height: 83 cm (32.6 in) ; width: 60 cm (23.6 in). Medium: oil. Depicted People: Virgin Mary, Christ Child. Collection: Nationalmuseum. Daniel Seghers Blomsterprydd kartusch med Mariabild
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