Tulips, roses, narcissi, daffodils, crocuses, an iris, a poppy and other flowers in a gilt-mounted porcelain vase on a ledge, with a Queen of Spain Fritillary, a White Ermine and a Magpie butterfly

Although this hitherto unpublished picture displays obvious stylistic affinities with the work of Ambrosius Bosschaert, its attribution remains uncertain. An attribution to Bosschaert's successor in Middelburg, Christoffel van den Berghe (active c. 16170-1642), has been considered, on the basis of a comparison with his only known signed flower still life, dated 1617, in the Johnson collection, Philadelphia (see L.J. Bol, The Bosschaert Dynasty, Leigh-on-Sea, 1960, pp. 55 and 99, pl. 64). The central tulip in the present composition and the tulip (upper right) in the van den Berghe picture are strikingly similar.