# Still-Life with Goblets, Flowers and Shells [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PEETERS, Clara]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on wood, 60 x 49 cm ## Commentary A fairly large number of still-lifes with flowers by Clara Peeters are known, but particularly 'breakfasts' with cheese, fish, oysters and pastries, in combination with costly tableware, such as gold or silver goblets and Wang-Li porcelain. Her mature style is well illustrated by the Still-Life with Goblets, Flowers and Shells. It is colourful and descriptive and gives evidence of a remarkable feel for suggestion of texture. By distributing the objects over various picture planes she reinforces the illusion of depth. The shells in the still-life have religious meaning: they are symbolically likened to Mary who gave birth to the 'pearl of great price,' Jesus. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="\#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 2 minutes\):<br><a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/schubert/schubert\_d431\_blumen.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><b>Franz Schubert: Blumenlied \(Flower Song\) D 431</b></a> </td></tr></table> ## Related artworks - [Flower Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-life]() - [Still-Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()