Keywords: Simon Saint-Jean - Still Life with Flowers - Walters 37166.jpg A bouquet of red white and pink roses juniper buttercups and a sprig of forget-me-nots lies on the ground Behind grow some ferns 1852 Oil on canvas cm 36 7 45 5 ; Framed cm 63 5 72 4 12 7 accession number 37 166 39476 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Signature In brown paint at lower left Saint Jean; Date In brown at lower left 1852 Although the date now appears to read 1857 discernible undler close scruitiny is a dash of brown paint that may complete the 2 Early catalougues consistently transcribe the date as 1852 Botanical Delights Floral Motifs in 19th-Century Art Strathmore Hall Art Center North Bethesda; Academy of the Arts Easton Easton; Government House Annapolis 1998-1999 A Discerning Eye Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors Academy of the Arts Easton Easton 1998-1999 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Simon Saint-Jean French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1850s paintings from France 1852 paintings |