Still-Life

This and a picture in Detroit Institute of Arts, are Ambrosius Bosschaert the Younger's earliest dated works. As Sam Segal was the first to notice, the present work, and at least two other unsigned pictures, are loosely derived from a work by the artist's father, Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, of 1621.

The painting depicts a tulip, a yellow iris, a sprig of moss rose, a snake's head fritillary, roses, peonies, forget-me-not, lily-of-the-valley and other blooms in a bronze vase with gilt mounts, on a ledge flanked with a shell and a marigold.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 2 minutes): Franz Schubert: Blumenlied (Flower Song) D 431