# Basket of Flowers

- By: Balthasar van der Ast (Dutch, 1593/1594 - 1657)
- Date: c. 1622
- Medium: oil on panel
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: painted surface: 17.8 x 23.5 cm (7 x 9 1/4 in.) ; overall (with additions): 18.4 x 24.4 cm (7 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.) ; framed: 38.4 x 43.8 x 3.2 cm (15 1/8 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Dutch
- Credit line: Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.76208.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/7bcebb1e-489c-4b9a-8773-9cd2bfec09e4/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)