# Still Life with Flowers

- By: Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg, 1593–1657)
- Date: c. 1625 - c. 1630
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: frame: height 75.8 cm x width 59.8 cm
- Credit line: A.A. des Tombe Bequest, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2103--128d405d7d72ad57efa2b7e612026a1a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/aasHz/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)

A magnificent bouquet of tulips, roses, iris, columbine and gillyflowers is set in a ribbed glass vase. The artist first made a detailed drawing on the prepared panel before beginning to paint. In the intervening centuries, some of the pigments, primarily the lighter colours, have become transparent, allowing the underdrawing to show through.