# A "Forest Floor" Still-Life [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BEGEYN, Abraham Jansz.]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 41 x 36 cm ## Commentary The painting depicts a "forest floor" still-life of plants and flowers by a wall with an urn; beyond are elegant figures outside a classical mansion. Begeyn is a versatile painter who produced numerous landscapes. Occasionally, he devotes almost all of his subject to the "forest floor" in a manner reminiscent of Otto Marseus van Schrieck. ## Related artworks - [Flowers in a Stone Vase]() - [Italianate Landscape]() - [Seashore]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()