# Flowers in a Glass

- By: Ambrosius Bosschaert (Dutch, 1573–1621)
- Date: 1606
- Medium: oil on copper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Framed: 60.3 x 52.8 x 6.4 cm (23 3/4 x 20 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 35.6 x 29.3 cm (14 x 11 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit line: Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.108)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.108/1960.108_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

One of the first artists to specialize in flower painting, Ambrosius Bosschaert may have been inspired by the botanical gardens and scientific collections in his hometown of Middelburg. The flowers in this bouquet might be common today, but in the 1600s they were costly rarities. Bosschaert captured their fragile beauty with luminous colors and exquisite detail.