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

Vase of Flowers with Butterflies

1669
Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

The fading hues of Marseus van Schrieck's overblown beauties are richly naturalistic. This work is considerably prettier the ones he was famous for: brown scenes of woodland floor inhabited by reptiles and fungi.