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Painting of a lavish bouquet of pink, red, violet and white flowers in a dark vase with painted figures, beside a seashell on a ledge.

Still life with flowers in a Greek vase: allegory of spring

A still life of mixed flowers, including pink and orange lilies, red dahlias, violet blooms and white clusters, spills from a dark terracotta-style vase painted with figures. A pale seashell and a bronze relief of putti rest on the ledge below against a dark background.

Artist
Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os
Date
1817
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3098 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1817.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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