Thistles in a green glass jug
1900
Oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm
Signed and dated lower right: C Jung 1900
Stamp on the frame of the Lyon framer and art supplies store: J. Pouilles, Rue de la République
A small hole and a small loss of paint at the bottom
Beautiful still life by the 'king of thistles'. Jung was celebrated not only in his native Lyon but also in Paris for his compositions with thistles. In short, he was the greatest thistle painter in France at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.