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Artists›Jan van Huysum, Dutch

Jan van Huysum, Dutch

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (14)

A Flower Piece

1960 · Black chalk, with watercolor, on ivory laid paper

45.1 × 36.7 cm (17 13/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Fruit Piece

1781 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Flower Piece

1778 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Basket with Floweres Standing upon a Base

1720 · Pen and Chinese ink, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted

14.9 × 44.8 cm (5 7/8 × 17 5/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Classical Landscape with Travelers by a Lake

1702 · Red chalk; lower border tinted with gray wash; framing lines in black chalk along the image

Sheet: 4 13/16 × 6 1/2 in. (12.2 × 16.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1702 · Black and red chalk with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on ivory laid paper

36.5 × 53.3 cm (14 3/8 × 21 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Italianate Landscape with Shepherd and Flock by Stream, Town in the Distance

1702 · Pen and gray ink, with brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper

18.2 × 29.8 cm (7 3/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Shepherds by River and Man on Horseback

1702 · Pen and gray ink, with brush and gray wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card

27.2 × 37 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Goats, Goatherd and Ruins

1702 · Pen and black ink over graphite, on ivory laid paper

9.5 × 10.9 cm (3 3/4 × 4 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flowers in an Urn Decorated with Putti, on a Plinth

1700 · Pen and black ink and brush and black and brown ink washes, over red chalk, on cream laid paper

38.5 × 29.9 cm (15 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arcadian Landscape with Figures Making Music

1700 · Pen and gray ink and watercolor. Broad framing line in black ink

sheet: 9 3/16 x 13 9/16 in. (23.4 x 34.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Basket of Fruit

1695 · Pen and black ink and gray wash on paper.

8 x 6 1/4 in. (20.3 x 15.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Still Life with Fruit

1695 · Black chalk and watercolor; framing lines in pen and black ink

19 1/16 x 14 3/4 in. (48.4 x 37.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Terrace

1655 · Oil on canvas

106.9 × 87.4 cm (42 1/16 × 34 3/8 in.); Framed: 128.9 × 109.2 × 5.4 cm (50 3/4 × 43 × 2 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

14 published of 14 catalogued · 13 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published2 img
Smithsonian
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

A Fruit Piece
1781 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Flower Piece
1778 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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