# Still-Life with Symbols of the Virgin Mary

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRAY, Dirck de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-dirck-de-r269f418c987f8a>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on panel, 37 x 31 cm

## Commentary

This panel is one of the ten still-lifes painted by Dirck de Bray. Some of these still-lifes have a Catholic explanation. This painting depicts a combination of symbols representing the Virgin Mary: the rose, rosary and rosemary \(whose name derives from the Virgin\), the thurible and the crown. This Catholic interpretation is far from odd: Dirck de Bray belonged to a Catholic family of artists.

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of Salomon de Bray](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-dirck-de-r269f418c987f8a/portrait-of-salomon-de-bray-ra5f41a300716e5>)

## Attribution

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