Large flower still life with Crown Imperial, Roelant Saverij
Large flower still life with Crown Imperial is the largest that Roelant Savery ever painted. The bouquet includes sixty-three different varieties of flowers and forty-four varieties of animals. It contains not only expensive, cultured flowers such as Crown Imperial, tulip and rose; it also has wild flowers and plants with decorative leaves. The flowers to the rear peek through between the stems and flowers in front of them, serving to increase the sense of depth. Few if any of Saverij’s contemporaries incorporated depth into their bouquets.
