# Forest Floor Landscape

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BROECK, Elias van den](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broeck-elias-van-den-ra659ede503fe21>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 37 x 30 cm

## Commentary

This painting depicts a forest floor landscape with a thistle, fungi, moths, a lizard and snakes. It is a characteristic example of his still-life paintings of insects, reptiles and amphibians set amidst the flora of a forest floor. It has a narrative element: the image of two snakes attacking each other, one opening its jaws to swallow the other, dominates the painting.

## Related artworks

- [Still-Life with Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broeck-elias-van-den-ra659ede503fe21/still-life-with-flowers-rd2da3726bf9ed0>)
- [Vase of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/broeck-elias-van-den-ra659ede503fe21/vase-of-flowers-rdd3475acc28ab4>)

## Attribution

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