Irises, Tulips, Roses and other Flowers in a Basket

Please find the size options below. These refer to the dimensions of the image only. All Medici prints come with a border around the image with the title and artist name printed at the foot of the sheet.

Juan de Arellano (1614-1676) studied painting under Juan de Solis in Madrid. His close attention to detail reflects the influence of Flemish still-life painters like Daniel Seghers (1590-1661) a follower of Jan ‘Velvet’ Brueghel. Dramatic use of chiaroscuro (literally translated ‘bright-dark’) predominated in seventeenth century Spain, under the influence of the Tenebristi, Spanish followers of the Italian realist painter, Caravaggio. Arellano’s paintings reflect the dramatic contrasts of light and dark employed in the large-scale religious and secular paintings of his compatriots. The degree of Arellano’s success can be measured in the words of Antonio Palomino, who claimed that he painted flowers ‘with such great art that no Spaniard ever outdid him.’ His abilities were further extolled in a poem published in 1664 by Pedro Alvarez, dedicated to ‘Juan de Arellano, famous Madrid painter, who painted a few flowers to perfection.’

255gsm Art Paper

Our standard prints are reproduced on a premium semi matt finish paper. Its micro-porous resin coating provides exceptional colour accuracy and stability

315gsm Museum Quality Watercolour Art Board, Acid Free

Our watercolour board has a natural white finish with a slightly structured, soft-textured surface equivalent to a traditional etching fine art paper. The surface has a special matte coating, designed for high quality fine art reproduction with giclée technology. It is an archival quality paper with great colour accuracy.

Standard Delivery

Standard Delivery items are usually dispatched within 2 working days of the order being placed. We aim to deliver within:

3-5 working days for UK
4-7 working days for Europe
7-10 working days for USA, Canada, Fast East, Australasia and the rest of the world.

Delivery Prices

Standard UK delivery from £3.50
Europe & the rest of the world from £8.00
All prints will be tissue wrapped, bubble wrapped and packed into robust cardboard tubes.