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Flowers by a Pond with Frogs  1679

by Giuseppe Recco

This intriguing close-up of beautiful flowers, frogs, and insects is presented from what seems like the low viewing angle of an avid naturalist searching for specimens in the underbrush on the edge of an upland meadow. However, the knowledgeable viewer would delight in recognizing that this is a fantasy. Tulips were expensive, carefully cultivated flowers that were only to...
Size: 
H 16 7/16 x W: 31 7/8 x D: 3/4 in. (41.7 x 81 x 1.9 cm)
Medium: 
oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum