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18-02-2026
Bartolomé Pérez

Madrid, 1634 - Madrid, 1698

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Flower Vase

1689 - 1691. Oil on panel.
Room 018

This work and its complementary piece (P006397) are on panel, which is unusual in Spanish flower painting, and the background is gilt, also very unusual. On the other hand, the variety of plants is familiar, and the depiction of the flowers, shares in many commonalities, as can be seen by comparing the tulips and the roses. There is also a clear stylistic relationship with other works by Bartolomé Pérez, such as Garland of Flowers with Saint Anthony of Padua, which dates to 1689 (P003655). The particularity of these vases stems from their function: they were intended to decorate the ‘golden bed’ of Charles II. This was a structure made up of 54 gilded panels which included representations of plants painted by Bartolomé Pérez between 1689–1691 with the help of another artist, perhaps Ciézar. The set housed the bed. During the 18th century, the bed was dismantled, and the boards were dispersed.

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Flower Vase
Oil on panel, 1689 - 1691
Bartolomé Pérez
Inventory number
P006396
Author
Bartolomé Pérez
Title
Flower Vase
Date
1689 - 1691
Technique
Oil
Support
Panel
Dimension
Height: 54 cm; Width: 44 cm
Provenance
Royal Collection (Real Alcázar, Madrid; Palacio Real Nuevo, Madrid, pinturas que quedaron sin colgar en la última pieza de la Furriera, 1747, nº 818; Palacio del Buen Retiro, Madrid, cuarto del infante don Luis-pinturas apeadas, 1772, nº ¿688?).

Bibliography +

Espinós, Adela; Orihuela, Mercedes y Royo Villanova, Mercedes, "El Prado disperso". Cuadros depositados en Madrid. VI. Palacio de Fernán Núñez. Consejo Superior de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (Ministerio de Transportes), Boletín del Museo del Prado, II (6), 1981, pp. 175.

Barbeito, José Manuel, El Alcazar de Madrid, Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos, Madrid, 1992, pp. 196.

Jordan, William B., Spanish Still Life From Velazquez To Goya, National Gallery, London, 1995, pp. nº54.

Montesa, Marques De, San Francisco de Asis en la Pintura, [s.n], Madrid, 2003, pp. 34 (con bibl. actualizada).

Carlos II: el rey y su entorno cortesano, Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, Madrid, 2009, pp. 187-218.

Romero Asenjo, Rafael, El bodegón español en el siglo XVII : desvelando su naturale..., I & R, 2009, pp. 343-348.

In the presence of things: four centuries of European still-life painting, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 2010, pp. 69-117.

Naturalezas muertas españolas de los siglos XVII a XIX: expo, Galería Caylus, Madrid 2003, pp. nº21.

Other inventories +

Inv. Felipe V, Palacio Nuevo, 1747. Núm. 818.
PINTURAS EXISTENTES ANTIGUAS [...] P / Pinturas que quedaron sin colgar en esta vltima pieza [de la Furriera] [...] {10809} 818 / Veintisiete tablas de diferentes tamaños que todas componen vn camon y en ellas pintadas vnos floreros originales de don artholome Perez y algunos de ellos pintadas por ambos lados

Inv. Carlos III, Buen Retiro, 1772. Núm. ¿688?.
Quarto del Infante don Luis - de las apeadas [...] [14893] 688-689-690-694-699-818 / Treinta y cinco tablas doradas algunas por las dos haces y pintadas sobre el mismo oro varias flores unas en jarrones otras en guirnaldas y atados de ellas en sus centros y otras en colgantes son de varios tamaños desde el dos varas de largo y aite quartas de ancho al de tres quartas de alto y media vara de ancho todas originales de Bartholomé Perez bajo los numerps del margen

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Room 018 (On Display)

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Update date: 18-02-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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