# A Bouquet of Flowers

**Clara Peeters** (Flemish, 1582–1636)  
ca. 1612  
Oil on wood  
18 1/8 × 12 5/8 in. (46 × 32 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020.22. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/827660).

## About this work

Clara Peeters painted this in about 1612, aged about 25. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Clara Peeters](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/clara-peeters)

Flemish, 1582–1636; born in Mechelen; died in Ghent

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was about 25
- Real size: about 18 × 13 in (46 × 32 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 17th century
- Subjects: Flowers, Still Life
- Colour: black
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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