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Still Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles

ca. 1670
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 638

Known to contemporaries as "The Snuffler" due to his apparent penchant for rooting around in the undergrowth, Marseus van Schrieck had close ties with the seventeenth-century culture of scientific investigation. This picture of the forest floor bristles with interactions between a lizard, snake, snails, and butterflies, all in the shadow of a poppy. Rather than painting flowers elegantly arranged in a vase, Marseus locates his blooms in a natural setting touched with an element of menace.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Still Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles
  • Artist: Otto Marseus van Schrieck (Dutch, Nijmegen 1619/20–1678 Amsterdam)
  • Date: ca. 1670
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 26 7/8 x 20 3/4 in. (68.3 x 52.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.155
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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