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DiaporamaStill Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles
1670
68.0 x 53.0 cm
Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1620 – 1678)
Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1613-1678): Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for detailed forest still lifes, insects & reptiles. Influenced Rachel Ruysch with his dark, realistic botanical studies.
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.
About this artwork
- Title: Still Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles
- Artist: Otto Marseus van Schrieck
- Year: 1670
- Original dimensions: 68.0 x 53.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Main color: Phthalo Green
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow
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