# Jar with Cotton Grass

- By: Willem Witsen (Amsterdam, 1860–1923)
- Date: c. 1916
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 6.9 cm
- Credit line: A. van Wezel Bequest, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2950--72749bdfecd8088cf9b264f53294ce1b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/jJYdP/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)

Witsen convincingly rendered the brilliant light reflection on the shiny earthenware jug with only a few touches of white paint, while the woolly grass and fern leaves appear soft and cuddly. Witsen began painting still lifes, like this one, when his cityscapes and landscapes found fewer buyers after the outbreak of World War i.