Flowers in a Basket and a Vase – (Jan Brueghel The Elder) ◄ prijašnji Sljedeći ►

Umjetnik: Jan Brueghel The Elder

Datum: 1615

Veličina: 74 x 108 cm

Tehnika: Oil On Panel

A pile of flowers overflows a straw basket resting atop a long pink marble table against an inky black background in this horizontal still life painting. Light coming from behind us illuminates the flowers and crisscrossing green stems and leaves. Every petal and leaf, color gradation, and vein are visible among the flowers. These include tulips, anemones, columbines, and roses, and other flowers in butter yellow, coral orange, blush pink, pale blue, and white. Amid the flowers are two black and yellow bees, along with a tiny snail making its way down a narrow green frond. A small orange and black butterfly or moth perches at the top left of the picture, clinging to a bud atop a thin green stem. The basket, of yellow woven straw, is round, wide, and shallow with handles on either side. Smaller blooms are visible through the open sides. We look slightly down onto the table, which spans the width of the composition. Around the basket, a few stems of flowers have fallen onto the table, and a ladybug crawls across the tabletop near us. To the right side of the basket rests a small, green glass vase with looped handles. It holds a handful of tiny, delicate blooms in tones of daffodil yellow, sky blue, ruby red, and white. A blue-winged butterfly has alighted on one of them.