# Still-Life with Insects and Amphibians \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MARSEUS VAN SCHRIECK, Otto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

This painting also shows bizarre botanical species, such as a coral fungus on the left and thistles, under which a lizard - a so-called lacerta - is hiding, about to attack the toad.

## Related artworks

- [A Forest Floor Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/a-forest-floor-still-life-r4e24e0f364eda5>)
- [A Forest Floor Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/a-forest-floor-still-life-r93a9e5e24341d1>)
- [Forest Floor Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/forest-floor-still-life-rdc5f3cb88819ef>)
- [Nocturnal Forest Floor Still-Life \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/nocturnal-forest-floor-still-life-detail-r740d4859ca3b41>)
- [Nocturnal Forest Floor Still-Life \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/nocturnal-forest-floor-still-life-detail-r7a7160dadd6e0a>)
- [Nocturnal Forest Floor Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/nocturnal-forest-floor-still-life-rd220a0388ec040>)
- [Still-Life with Insects and Amphibians](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/still-life-with-insects-and-amphibians-r647c5364f170e5>)
- [Still-life with Plants and Reptiles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/still-life-with-plants-and-reptiles-r6d0e7fa70ac52a>)
- [Still-Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/still-life-with-poppy-insects-and-reptiles-rbf85d6b05a7189>)
- [Vase of Flowers with Butterflies](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marseus-van-schrieck-otto-r1576b7d902db4e/vase-of-flowers-with-butterflies-r652e1292728487>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)