# Flowers in a Porcelain Vase

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BERGHE, Christoffel van den](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berghe-christoffel-van-den-rce3e4bfa4d8f50>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on copper, 31 x 21 cm

## Commentary

Though known also as a painter of landscapes, it is his handful of still-lifes that distinguish Van den Berghe above others of his generation. The present flower piece depicts tulips, roses, narcissi, daffodils, crocuses, an iris, a poppy and other flowers in a gilt mounted porcelain vase on a ledge, with a queen of Spain fritillary, a white ermine and a magpie butterfly. The likeness in palette and execution of the present still-life to early Middelburg-period still-lifes by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder is undeniable.

## Related artworks

- [Winter Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berghe-christoffel-van-den-rce3e4bfa4d8f50/winter-landscape-rad7b3544041bba>)

## Attribution

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