# Still-Life with Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BOSSCHAERT, Ambrosius the Elder]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 44 x 32 cm ## Commentary This still-life depicts roses, marigolds, aquilegia, violets, convolvulus, hollyhocks, peonies, cornflowers, forget-me-nots, Jacobs's ladders, lily of the valley and carnations in a Wan-Li kraak porcelain vase with a butterfly and a snail on a ledge. The blooms emerge from what looks like a Wan-Li \(i.e. then contemporary\) Chinese vase with gilt mounts added in The Netherlands. The painting was executed shortly after 1600, probably in Middelburg. It recalls the works of Ludger tom Ring, and it was also influenced by artists working on vellum, and also, especially in its composition, by engraved flower pieces by Adriaen Collaert and others. ## Related artworks - [Bouquet in an Arched Window]() - [Bouquet in an Arched Window]() - [Bouquet of Flowers \(detail\)]() - [Bouquet of Flowers in a Niche]() - [Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase]() - [Bouquet of Flowers]() - [Flowers in a Chinese Vase]() - [Still-Life of Flowers]() - [Still-Life of Flowers]() - [Still-Life with Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase]() - [Still-Life with Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()