Friday, February 26, 2016

Guirnaldas, 17th century

attributed to Hendrik van Balen
Garland with Cybele and the Seasons
ca. 1615
Prado

The tradition of painted floral garlands or guirnaldas, most often surrounding a small image from Christian iconography or pagan mythology, was essentially a Flemish export that reached its most elaborate fulfillment in Baroque-age Spain.

Hendrik van Balen (central image) and Jan Brueghel the Elder (garland)
Madonna and Child with Garland
ca. 1621
Prado

Giulio Cesare Procaccini (central image) and Jan Brueghel the Elder (garland)
Madonna and Child with Garland
ca. 1619
Prado

Bartolomé Pérez
St Anthony of Padua and Christ Child with Garland
ca. 1689
Prado

Bartolomé Pérez
St Camillus de Lellis with Garland
17th century
Prado

Bartolomé Pérez
St Teresa de Jesús with Garland
ca. 1676
Prado

Andries Bosmans
Madonna and Child and St. Anne with Garland
17th century
Prado

Nicolaes van Veerendael
Blessed Virgin with Garland
ca. 1640-60
Prado

Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Adoration of the Magi with Garland
17th century
Prado

Catarina II Ykens
Landscape Vignette with Garland
17th century
Prado

Cornelis Schut (central image) and Daniel Seghers (Garland)
Madonna and Child with Garland
17th century
Prado

Cornelis Schut (central image) and Daniel Seghers (Garland)
Madonna and Child and St John the Baptist with Garland
17th century
Prado

Daniel Seghers
Garland of Roses
17th century
Prado

Juan de Arellano
Landscape Vignette with Garland
1652
Prado

I am grateful for the beautiful reproductions made available by Museo del Prado.