# Still-Life [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ASSTEYN, Bartholomeus]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 56 x 41 cm ## Commentary The painting represents a still-life with roses, tulips, carnations, lily-of-the-valley, marigolds, forget-me-nots, columbine, a snake's head fritillary and other flowers in a decorated blue porcelain vase, together with a red admiral, a grasshopper and a snail, all in a stone niche. It is signed and dated lower left: B. Asftijn/1635. The speciality of this Dordrecht artist was painted baskets of flowers or fruit combined with individual fruits, flowers and insects. ## Related artworks - [Still-Life]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()