03 — ARTWORK
Flower Still-Life
AST, Balthasar van der · 1650 →
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 129 x 102 cm
- TYPE
- Still-Life
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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This flower still-life depicts a crown imperial lily, tulips, irises, roses, carnations, aquilegia, fritillaries and other flowers in a sculpted urn, with seashells on a stone ledge, a lizard, a caterpillar, red admirals, a dragonfly and a bee, a curtain draped above. Noteworthy are the extremely large shells featured at the basemolded foot of a pillar or column providing the transition from the plinth to the shaft. of this composition.
This painting is one of few large-scale upright compositions of fruit or flowers painted by the artist in his entire career. It is signed lower left: B. van der. Ast.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Flower Still-Life by AST, Balthasar van der},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ast-balthasar-van-der-r2eaf7caa946b99/flower-still-life-r929c2563d40f8d},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
