MARSEUS VAN SCHRIECK, Otto
(b. 1619/20, Nijmegen, d. 1678, Amsterdam)

Still-Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles

c. 1670
Oil on canvas, 68 x 53 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The main motif of the painting is a flourishing poppy plant, with large leaves and buds, an at the top a red flower in full bloom. Due to the presence of insects and reptiles the term "still-life" is not appropriate for such a picture, it is in fact a nature study.