Sebastiaan Theodorus Voorn Boers (1828-1893) - Large Flower Vase With Butterfly

Oil on canvas. Original canvas. Signed by hand. Rijswijk antiquities label on back.

Sebastiaan Theodorus Voorn Boers continued the glorious Dutch tradition of still life painting into the 19th century, linking the rigor of the Golden Age masters with the Romantic sensibility of his time. Trained by Jan Hendrik van de Laar at the Rotterdam Academy, Voorn Boers specialized in depicting flowers and fruit with a technical precision bordering on illusionism. His compositions are characterized by dramatic lighting and a treatment of color that gives each grape, peach or rose petal an almost palpable presence, recreating that Dutch fascination with organic beauty at its height.

Throughout his career, which was spent mainly in Rotterdam and The Hague, Voorn Boers sought not only aesthetic perfection, but also a form of scientific order in the composition of his bouquets. His works, often displayed on marble shelves or in dimly lit interiors, exude an atmosphere of bourgeois serenity and peaceful contemplation. Although the outside world was transformed by the industrial revolution, his art remained faithful to the heritage of the classical still life, making him one of the most sought-after painters of his time, who sought in painting a timeless window on the delicacy of nature.

- Image size unframed: 73 x 92 cm / 94 x 114 cm with exclusive custom-made frame.