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Flowers and Small Creatures - Vanitas, Mignon, Abraham 1640-1679, painter; still life painting, 2nd half of the 17th century. Depicts flowers, fruit, birds, snakes, frogs, butterflies, beetles, mice, ears of grain; Vanitas iconography. Purchase provenance., A detailed still life scene fills the image with a large, dense bouquet of flowers and foliage set against a dark background; the flowers include roses and peonies in shades of pink, red, white, and coral, lilies in white, irises in pale blue, morning glories in bright blue, and small yellow blossoms, all surrounded by green leaves of various tones. Scattered among the plants are several pieces of fruit in orange and green hues, a few grasses and wheat stalks in pale yellow, and thistles with muted brown and green tones. A couple of butterflies and small insects with orange, brown, and black markings rest on and fly near the blossoms, while a few birds with brown, black, and white feathers appear perched and in flight near the top of the composition. At the lower area, a woven basket in brown sits beside stones in gray, a pale birch branch, scattered shells and pebbles, and a small frog in green near shallow water. The overall palette combines deep dark browns and blacks in the background with vibrant greens, pinks, reds, whites, blues, oranges, and muted yellows in the foreground elements.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A16_233

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

85.2Mo (5.4Mo) / 42.0cm x 50.8cm / 4963 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Flowers Small Creatures - Vanitas Mignon Abraham 1640-1679 painter life painting 2nd half 17th century Depicts flowers fruit birds snakes frogs butterflies beetles mice ears grain Vanitas iconography Purchase provenance detailed life scene fills image large dense bouquet flowers foliage set dark background include roses peonies shades pink red white coral lilies irises pale blue morning glories bright blue small yellow blossoms surrounded green leaves various tones Scattered plants several pieces orange green hues grasses wheat stalks pale yellow thistles muted brown green tones couple small insects brown black markings rest fly near blossoms black white feathers perched flight near top composition lower area woven basket brown sits beside stones gray pale birch branch scattered shells pebbles small frog green near shallow water palette combines deep dark browns blacks background vibrant greens pinks reds whites blues oranges muted yellows foreground elements.