Still Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles
1670
68.0 x 53.0 cm
Otto Marseus Van Schrieck (1620 – 1678)
Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1620-1678): Maler der niederländischen Goldenen Zeit, bekannt für detaillierte Waldstillleben, Insekten & Reptilien. Beeinflusst von Rachel Ruysch und berühmt für düstere, realistische botanische Studien.
Known to contemporaries as "The Snuffler" due to his apparent penchant for rooting around in the undergrowth, Marseus van Schrieck had close ties with the seventeenth-century culture of scientific investigation. This picture of the forest floor bristles with interactions between a lizard, snake, snails, and butterflies, all in the shadow of a poppy. Rather than painting flowers elegantly arranged in a vase, Marseus locates his blooms in a natural setting touched with an element of menace.
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- Titel: Still Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles
- Künstler: Otto Marseus Van Schrieck
- Jahr: 1670
- Originalmaße: 68.0 x 53.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Urheberrechtlicher Status: Gemeinfreiheit
- Hauptfarbe: Phthalo Green
- Empfundene Helligkeit: deep_shadow