# A Forest Floor Still-Life [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MARSEUS VAN SCHRIECK, Otto]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 52 x 42 cm ## Commentary This painting is an early example of the forest floor still-life \(or sottobosco\) which Otto Marseus van Schrieck pioneered. It depicts aspic viper, sand lizard, tree frog, moths and fungi. The snake, emerging from the shadows of the undergrowth, is about to attack the frog. Its mouth is open, prepared to bite, and its wide eyes are fixed on its prey, which has its back turned, unaware of the imminent danger. The rest of the work is populated by a range of fungi, thistles and moths. ## Related artworks - [A Forest Floor Still-Life]() - [Forest Floor Still-Life]() - [Nocturnal Forest Floor Still-Life \(detail\)]() - [Nocturnal Forest Floor Still-Life \(detail\)]() - [Nocturnal Forest Floor Still-Life]() - [Still-Life with Insects and Amphibians \(detail\)]() - [Still-Life with Insects and Amphibians]() - [Still-life with Plants and Reptiles]() - [Still-Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles]() - [Vase of Flowers with Butterflies]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()