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The still life genre began with Netherlandish painting in the 1500 to 1600s—in fact the English term “still life” derives from the Dutch word “stilleven.” In this painting, the artist portrayed an impossible bouquet: the flowers you see bloom at different times of the year. Each flower is given equal illumination, but the most prominent are three-striped tulips, which were especially prized in early 1600s Holland. The artist also included shells, insects, and two cups of “kraal” porcelain, imported from China. Flower still lifes were the specialty of painters in Middelburg and were among the most expensive kind of paintings available in the Dutch republic, their prices rivaling, and often surpassing, the largest and most complicated history paintings.

“Still Life with Flowers in a Vase,” 1617, by Christoffel van den Berghe

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