# Vase of Flowers [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 61 x 45 cm ## Commentary Stylistically, this painting is midway between local naturalist tradition and the contribution of Northern European art, which was very fertile in Milan. The placement of the lily that closes off the composition - the Marian flower par excellence - is hardly fortuitous, and clearly makes a declaration of religious symbolism through a sort of mystical elevation. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()