Flower Still Life
1614 · oil on copper
Dimensions 30.5 × 38.9 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
A pink carnation, a white rose, and a yellow tulip with red stripes lie in front of a basket with flowers, that would not bloom together: roses, forget-me-nots, lilies-of-the-valley, a cyclamen, a violet, a hyacinth, and tulips. Insects, short-lived like flowers, remind of the brevity of life and the transience of its beauty.
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About this artwork
Flower Still Life (1614) by Ambrosius Bosschaert, oil on copper, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Ambrosius Bosschaert
He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg (1587–1613), where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution. He specialized in painting still lifes with flowers, which he signed with the monogram AB (the B in the A).
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