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    • A Vase of Flowers, 1716
    Margareta Haverman (Dutch, active by 1715, died in or after 1723)
    Oil on wood

    31 1/4 x 23 3/4 in. (79.4 x 60.3 cm)
    Purchase, 1871 (71.6)

    Several female artists of the Netherlands specialized in flower pictures, the best known being Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750). Despite his secretive nature, Jan van Huysum accepted Haverman as his pupil in Amsterdam. She moved to Paris (about 1720?), married an architect, and in 1722 became a member of the Académie Royale. A year later, she was expelled because her reception piece was claimed to be by van Huysum himself. The only other known work by Haverman is a signed but undated flower piece in Copenhagen.

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    This work has been published in the Museum's Bulletin or Journal. These articles may or may not represent the most current scholarship.
  • Quodbach, Esmée, and Walter Liedtke. "The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 65, no. 1 (Summer, 2007).
  • Baetjer, Katharine. "Buying Pictures for New York: The Founding Purchase of 1871." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 39 (2004).
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  • A Vase of Flowers, 1716
    Margareta Haverman (Dutch, active by 1715, died in or after 1723)
    Oil on wood

    31 1/4 x 23 3/4 in. (79.4 x 60.3 cm)
    Purchase, 1871 (71.6)