
“Love me when I deserve it the least, because that’s when I need it the most.” — Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BC). Jan Frans van Dael, A Vase of Flowers on the Ledge, c....

“Love me when I deserve it the least, because that’s when I need it the most.” — Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BC). Jan Frans van Dael, A Vase of Flowers on the Ledge, c....

"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the...

Jan Frans van Dael (1764—1840), a Flemish artist, was one of the most highly regarded still life painters of flowers and fruits in Paris during the late 18th and early...