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Dark still life painting of a bouquet of tulips, lilies, roses and carnations, with a pile of green grapes and a butterfly on a stone ledge.

Still life with flowers and fruit

A dense bouquet of tulips, lilies, roses, carnations and poppies rises from a vase against a dark background, with a red admiral butterfly near the top. Below, a heap of pale green and golden grapes sits on a stone ledge beside scattered small fruit and a moth.

Artist
Ottmar Elliger (I)
Date
1671
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3011 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1671.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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