# Garland of Flowers [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MIGNON, Abraham]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 103 x 85 cm ## Commentary Garland of Flowers c. 1675 Oil on canvas, 103 x 85 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao Abraham Mignon's garland paintings display a great virtuosity and special technique of interplay of vivid colours, often mixed with the hidden meaning of vanity so typical of the time. While other cartouche paintings show the Virgin and the Child or stay blank in the centre, the present one shows a young female figure wearing an antique-looking dress in golden ochre, a white chemise and a blue cape profusely swinging behind her. The belt and diadem in her hair with precious stones give her the appearance of a mythical, allegorical and/or noble background. ## Related artworks - [A Glass of Flowers and an Orange Twig]() - [Fruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch]() - [Hanging Garland of Flowers and Fruit]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life with Fishes and Bird Nest]() - [Still-Life with Fruits]() - [The Nature as a Symbol of Vanitas]() - [Vase of Flowers]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()