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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Reekers' painting adheres closely to Netherlandish still-life traditions founded in the seventeenth century. Positioned on a marble shelf, a florid composition of flowers and fruit spills over the rim of a glass-stemmed dish. Some protrude over the ledge and towards the viewer, enhancing the three-dimensional effect. In the upper left, next to the blooming flowers, a butterfly acts as a reminder of the fragile and fleeting nature of life. The types of flowers featured are more typical of the nineteenth century, however. Dahlias and zinnias, for example, had only recently been introduced to Europe from Mexico. | Subjects: | still life; animal (butterfly) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Reekers, Hendrik (Dutch, 1815-1854) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8843... | Go to resource |
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