Skip to main content

Silver birch trunk and branch with rose, lizards, a snake, toadstools, butterflies and a snail, by Otto Marseus van Schrieck

Image attached to PD.40-1975

An image of Silver birch trunk and branch with rose, lizards, a snake, toadstools, butterflies and a snail. Marseus van Schrieck, Otto, attributed to (Dutch, c.1619-1678). Oil on canvas, height 61.7 cm, width 52.3 cm. Production Note: Formerly attributed to Rachel Ruysch.

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

About this image

Silver birch trunk and branch with rose, lizards, a snake, toadstools, butterflies and a snail. Marseus van Schrieck, Otto, attributed to (Dutch, c.1619-1678). Oil on canvas, height 61.7 cm, width 52.3 cm. Production Note: Formerly attributed to Rachel Ruysch.

Image data

  • Accession Number: PD.40-1975
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 866 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 699.52kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2017:10:20 10:15:25

Key words

17th Century amphibian botanical butterflies butterfly Dutch Dutch Golden Age Fitz_PDP floral flowers funghi fungus lizards Marseus van Schrieck mushrooms oil on canvas Otto Marseus van Schrieck painting roses silver birch snails toadstools tree trunks trees van Schrieck vegetables

Colours in this image

rgb(158,140,99), rgb(16,15,12), rgb(93,79,51), rgb(53,44,27), rgb(123,132,109), rgb(67,77,57), rgb(142,46,29), rgb(35,44,27), rgb(120,124,124), rgb(63,66,68), rgb(36,36,44)

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Silver birch trunk and branch with rose, lizards, a snake, toadstools, butterflies and a snail, by Otto Marseus van Schrieck" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-2951014422 Accessed: 2024-03-28 09:30:30

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-2951014422 |title=Silver birch trunk and branch with rose, lizards, a snake, toadstools, butterflies and a snail, by Otto Marseus van Schrieck |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-28 09:30:30|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/images/media-209059

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp78/PD_40_1975_201710_adn21_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Silver birch trunk and branch with rose, lizards, a snake, toadstools, butterflies and a snail"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Silver birch trunk and branch with rose, lizards, a snake, toadstools, butterflies and a snail, by Otto Marseus van Schrieck</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...