Netherlands / 1606
Flowers in a Glass
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Flowers in a Glass as painting (Netherlands · 1606).
Snails, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, and other insects make this "still life" come alive!
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on copper and credits Ambrosius Bosschaert (Dutch, 1573–1621).
The museum's collection notes: One of the first artists to specialize in flower painting, Ambrosius Bosschaert may have been inspired by the botanical gardens and scientific collections in his hometown of Middelburg. The flowers in this bouquet might be common today, but in the 1600s they were costly rarities. Bosschaert captured their fragile beauty with luminous colors and exquisite detail.
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