Refined oil painting on panel, depicting a bouquet of flowers in a glass vase, at the base of which is a beetle. This still life is a "vanitas" as it represents a gnawed leaf, a clear symbol of the transience of life. In the background, a deliberately unfocused vase is painted, on the right of the painting, there is a trace of a signature and the date 1793. Gilt wood frame in pure gold, Empire period.
The still life of flowers is in the style of
Jan Frans Van Dael
May 27, 1764
March 20, 1840
Dated 1793.
Height 51cm width 42cm light. 34cm x 26cm
