A Vase of Flowers – Margareta Haverman

Painted by one of the few professional female artists of her time, this refined floral still life highlights Margareta Haverman’s exceptional skill in a genre dominated by male painters. The composition features roses, tulips, poppies, fruit, and delicately rendered insects arranged in an ornate Baroque vase, displaying remarkable botanical precision. Influenced by her teacher Jan van Huysum, Haverman’s use of a niche-like setting and balanced lighting reflects the high standards of early 18th-century Dutch flower painting and underscores her rare position as a woman working at the highest artistic level of the period.