Still-life with a thistle, by Elias van den Broeck (attrib)

An image of Still-life with a thistle, boletus, snail, lizard, butterflies and a bee in a landscape. Broeck, Elias van den attributed to (Dutch, 1657-1708). Oil on canvas, height 26 cm, width 22 cm. Production Note: Although attributed to Ruysch, and in her manner, this could be by the Irish painter Gustavus Hamilton (1739-1775).

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Still-life with a thistle, boletus, snail, lizard, butterflies and a bee in a landscape. Broeck, Elias van den attributed to (Dutch, 1657-1708). Oil on canvas, height 26 cm, width 22 cm. Production Note: Although attributed to Ruysch, and in her manner, this could be by the Irish painter Gustavus Hamilton (1739-1775).

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Accession Number: PD.39-1975
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 839 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 690.87kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2014:07:30 09:19:44

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17th Century 18th Century amphibian bees boletus butterflies butterfly caterpillars Dutch Elias van den Broeck Fitz_PDP funghi fungus insects landscape lizards memento mori mushrooms oil on canvas painting snail shell snails still life thistle vegetables

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