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Description: | This work was probably painted in the nineteenth century but as a clear imitation of earlier Dutch still lifes of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Flower paintings were a hugely popular element of Netherlandish art, partly owing to the high demand for flowers themselves. In some cases individual flowers sold for more than the paintings. Flower still lifes often had symbolic connotations as well, relating the brevity of the flower's bloom to the mortality of man. While this work copies the stylistic composition of such works, however, its content appears purely decorative. | Subjects: | still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Dutch School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8841... | Go to resource |
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