Voerman's Nasturtiums Framed Postcard

Dutch artist Jan Voerman painted this still life of three pots of yellow and orange nasturtiums in the late 19th century. Isabella Stewart Gardner’s friend Ralph W. Curtis brought the work to her attention, writing "it is A1 but will suffer no little ones to hang near it, unless they be real nasturtiums." Isabella was an avid gardener and grew nasturtium vines at her greenhouses in Brookline, Massachusetts. Annually in April, she placed them on the balconies in the courtyard to celebrate her birthday—a tradition the Museum continues today.

Framed postcard measures 8" x 5.5"

Jan Voerman (Kampen, Netherlands, 1857 - 1941, Hatten, Netherlands), Nasturtiums, about 1894. Opaque watercolor on paper. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.