BOGDÁNY, Jakab
(b. ca. 1660, Eperjes, d. 1724, London)

Still-Life of Flowers

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Oil on canvas, 48 x 113 cm
Private collection

The painting shows a still-life of flowers with honeysuckle, a daffodil, an iris and other flowers in a bronze urn, together with pomegranates, plums, figs, grapes and a melon, all resting on a stone ledge together with a parrot and parakeet.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 7 minutes):
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, ballet suite, op. 71, Waltz of the Flowers