Roses, a tulip and dozens of smaller blooms glow against a dark background, with fallen petals on the ledge below. Peeters was one of the very few women painting professionally in early-1600s Antwerp and a pioneer of the still life.
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A Bouquet of Flowers
Clara Peeters · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Clara Peeters, ca. 1612. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).