# Still-life with Plants and Reptiles [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MARSEUS VAN SCHRIECK, Otto]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 58 x 45,5 cm ## Commentary Marseus van Schrieck developed a subgenre of reptile-insect-and-plant paintings. In this painting that combines animals and plants typical for August, he made an impression of butterfly wings into the paint, to achieve lifelike texture, and implanted at least one leg of a fly. Marseus van Schrieck may have developed these interest in the lively scientific culture of Rome, where he met Samuel van Hoogstraten in 1652. <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 \('/music1/19\_cent/rimsky-korsakov\_bumble\_bee.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumble Bee</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Forest Floor Still-Life]() - [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 Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles]() - [Vase of Flowers with Butterflies]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()