# Flower Still-life with Crucifix and Skull [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HEEM, Jan Davidsz. de]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 103 x 85 cm ## Commentary Jan Davidsz de Heem, who was to win an international reputation as one of the greatest European still-life painters, also spent time in Leiden. The most interesting works he painted during his stay there from the mid-twenties to the early thirties are vanitas still-lifes, mainly comprising piles of old, well-used books that signal the vanity of the scholarly life. De Heem worked in other styles. His youthful pictures of flowers, fruit, and shells are in the manner of Balthasar van der Ast, and he also painted simple, restrained still-lifes which show his mastery of the chiaroscuro and the subtle tonal treatment of Claesz and Heda. This painting was painted and signed together with Nicolaes van Veerendael. Both painters worked in Utrecht and were specialized to flower still-life. <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 \('/music1/schubert/schubert\_d431\_blumen.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Franz Schubert: Blumenlied \(Flower Song\) D 431</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Table of Desserts]() - [Banquet Piece]() - [Bouquet in a Glass Vase]() - [Breakfast Still-Life]() - [Eucharist in Fruit Wreath]() - [Festoon of Fruit and Flowers \(detail\)]() - [Festoon of Fruit and Flowers]() - [Festoon with Flowers and Fruit]() - [Flower Still-Life with a Bowl of Fruit and Oysters]() - [Flowers in Glass and Fruits]() - [Fruit and a Vase of Flowers]() - [Fruit and Flower Still-Life]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()