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Floral Still Life
This exuberant bouquet may look natural, but tulips, anemones, roses and carnations do not all bloom at the same time. Bollongier nevertheless managed to assemble a balanced composition. The still life was painted shortly after the Dutch stock market crashed in 1637, when many people went bankrupt due to the speculation in tulip bulbs. This festive bouquet may thus refer to the transience of earth…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41A6711
- http://iconclass.org/25G41(TULIP)
- http://iconclass.org/25F41(LIZARD)
- http://iconclass.org/25F72(SNAIL)
- http://iconclass.org/25F711(CATERPILLAR)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41A6711
- http://iconclass.org/25G41(TULIP)
- http://iconclass.org/25F41(LIZARD)
- http://iconclass.org/25F72(SNAIL)
- http://iconclass.org/25F711(CATERPILLAR)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
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
- 1639
- 1639
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6117
- SK-A-799
Extent
- height 67.6 cm
- width 53.3 cm
- height 66 cm
- width 52.3 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1639
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:17.946Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:17.971Z