The Delft painter Jacob Vosmaer is known only for a few flower still lifes that date from an early if not pioneering moment in the Netherlandish tradition. A very similar picture by Vosmaer in a Dutch private collection is dated 1618, which is a likely date for the present painting. At some time before the 1870s, the panel was cut down about three inches on either side and about nine inches at the top.

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