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Still Life with a Vase of Flowers and a Dead Frog
Jacob Marrel’s specialized in ‘portraits’ of tulips in bloom. Tulip bulbs were collected fanatically in 17th-century Holland, and astronomical prices were sometimes paid for a single bulb. In this painting as well, tulips play a leading role. The whimsically shaped red-and-white and red-and-yellow striped tulips were especially prized. Although nature creates them, it also lets them wither and die…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41A6711
- http://iconclass.org/25F51(FROG)(+63)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Gift of H.W. Mesdag, The Hague
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41A6711
- http://iconclass.org/25F51(FROG)(+63)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Gift of H.W. Mesdag, The Hague
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1634
- 1634
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.9010
- SK-A-772
Extent
- height 40 cm
- width 30 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1634
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:15.395Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:17.702Z