AMONG the many things I am thankful for are the wise and perceptive readers of this site. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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Anita from Toronto writes:

I know those flowers! At the moment I can’t quite remember which painter produced that delightful combination, but I do know that for years when I was working I had a reproduction of just this detail on my office wall.

I believe it came from the defunct Horizon magazine, which had such wonderful articles. Even now one can sometimes find old copies of it in Salvation Army or Goodwill bins! I especially love the little “potiquet” on the left, which looks a lot like the “pots de pharmacie” of my childhood in Belgium.

I tried to find one like that once when I went back to B. but by then all these types of “pots” were quite expensive even in flea markets, never mind antique shops….

Laura writes:

It’s a detail from Hugo Van der Goes Adoration of the Shepherds (1480). I can’t download the whole thing, but you can see the main part of it here. Here’s another detail; you can see the vase of irises and lilies next to the angels.

It’s a very pretty arrangement. Not very Thanksgiving-y, but it would like great on the table.

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