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This painting depicts a still-life of flowers in a niche with cherries, insects and a caterpillar. The bouquet is contained in a Dutch roemer and comprises some fifteen varieties of flower, from the humble forget-me-not draped on the ledge to the resplendent flame tulip crowning the composition. The blooms are arranged in elegant disarray within a stone niche, in a manner reminiscent of Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder and Roelant Savery, by whom the artist was undoubtedly influenced.
The scale of this work and the choice of copper support are rare in Marrel’s oeuvre.
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