Pieter Hardimé
b.1677, d.1758 (Attributed to)
Still Life with Flowers in a Basket
- c. 1700
- Oil on canvas
- Bequeathed in memory of Kathleen Muriel Whiteley, 2012
- 610 x 745mm
- 2012/032
As well as being enjoyed for their superb decorative qualities, Dutch still life paintings were intended to be reminders of the beauty, brevity and fragility of life. An arrangement of tulips, anemone, nicotiana, jonquils, morning glory and oriental poppies, this work is attributed to the Antwerp-born Flemish painter Pieter Hardimé, who lived at The Hague from 1697.
The painting arrived from Windsor, England as an unexpected and welcome gift, shortly after the 2011 earthquakes. It was given in memory of Kathleen Muriel Whiteley (1904–1949), who had historical family ties to Christchurch, from the estate of her husband Albert, whom she married two years before her death in 1949.
(Treasury: A Generous Legacy, 18 December 2015 – 27 November 2016)