# Flower Still Life with a Crown Imperial Fritillary in a Stone Niche

- By: Jacob Vosmaer (Delft, ca. –1641)
- Date: 1613
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 110 cm x width 79 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, the 'Nationaal Aankoopfonds' of the Ministery of Education, Culture and Science, the Vereniging Rembrandt (through its 'Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit' and 'themafonds 17e eeuwse…
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-5069--3acdeaf197ba30f18408cb548bfce166)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/349083d2513b2b2c673717b3aebf5a97.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Flower still-life painting is considered a typical Dutch genre, of which this exceptionally large picture is one of the earliest and most spectacular examples. Jacob Vosmaer painted a riot of flowers, including rare as well as precious specimens, such as the orange Crown Imperial (top) from Asia. He created a narrative composition by means of the blossoms’ graceful animation, the cracks in the walls, the fallen leaves and the little mouse.