Jan van Huysum Floral Travel Card Holder

Exclusive to the British Museum; a travel card holder based on the art work of Dutch painter, Jan van Huysum (1682 - 1749). <br> <br> Jan van Huysum (1682 - 1749) was a distinguished still-life painter during the early 18th Century who lived his whole life in Amsterdam, Netherlands. <br> <br> His works included paintings of landscapes but he was most famous for his floral pieces that often included many flowers that bloom across different seasons, resulting in some of his paintings taking 1 or 2 years to complete.

Exclusive to the British Museum, a travel card holder inspired by the floral art of Jan van Huysum. 

This travel card holder is made in the UK from recyclable PVC and is ideally sized for carrying bank cards or travel cards.

The design is based on an etching by Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726–1798). The etching is a facsimile of a 1735 watercolour by Jan van Huysum which shows an array of brightly coloured flowers in a vase which is decorated with two putti. This etching is one of 105 facsimiles from Ploos van Amstel’s series Ectypa.

Jan van Huysum (1682–1749) was a distinguished Dutch still-life painter during the early 18^th century. His works include paintings of landscapes, but he was most famous for his floral pieces. These often encompassed different flowers that bloom across all four seasons, and therefore frequently took over a year to complete. Several of van Huysum’s drawings are now part of the British Museum’s collection.

A beautiful gift that can be used every day.