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Keywords: Herbs, Butterflies and a Serpent (Christian Jansz Striep) - Nationalmuseum - 17653.tif Artwork Creator Christiaen Striep Herbs Butterflies and a Serpent This still life painting forms an entire little natural scene Against the dark background vivid whitish butterflies flutter among leaves and plants But something very dramatic is also about to happen ”the grayish yellow snake stretches to catch one of the butterflies in its open jaws In many Dutch still lifes from the seventeenth century the artists included a variety of symbols In this case the snake could be interpreted as a symbol for Satan while the luminous butterflies could symbolize Jesus or the human soul Den hĂ€r stillebenmĂ„lningen utgör ett helt litet natursceneri Mot den mörka bakgrunden fladdrar ljusa fjĂ€rilar kring blad och vĂ€xter Men hĂ€r utspelar sig ocksĂ„ nĂ„got mycket dramatiskt “ den grĂ„gula ormen strĂ€cker sig för att med öppet gap fĂ„nga en av fjĂ€rilarna I mĂ„nga hollĂ€ndska stilleben frĂ„n 1600-talet förde konstnĂ€rerna in olika slags symboler HĂ€r skulle ormen kunna tolkas som en symbol för Satan medan de ljusa fjĂ€rilarna fĂ„r symbolisera Kristus eller mĂ€nniskans sjĂ€l header This still life painting forms an entire little natural scene Against the dark background vivid whitish butterflies flutter among leaves and plants But something very dramatic is also about to happen ”the grayish yellow snake stretches to catch one of the butterflies in its open jaws In many Dutch still lifes from the seventeenth century the artists included a variety of symbols In this case the snake could be interpreted as a symbol for Satan while the luminous butterflies could symbolize Jesus or the human soul Den hĂ€r stillebenmĂ„lningen utgör ett helt litet natursceneri Mot den mörka bakgrunden fladdrar ljusa fjĂ€rilar kring blad och vĂ€xter Men hĂ€r utspelar sig ocksĂ„ nĂ„got mycket dramatiskt “ den grĂ„gula ormen strĂ€cker sig för att med öppet gap fĂ„nga en av fjĂ€rilarna I mĂ„nga hollĂ€ndska stilleben frĂ„n 1600-talet förde konstnĂ€rerna in olika slags symboler HĂ€r skulle ormen kunna tolkas som en symbol för Satan medan de ljusa fjĂ€rilarna fĂ„r symbolisera Kristus eller mĂ€nniskans sjĂ€l date Oil on canvas Olja pĂ„ duk Size cm 48 60 Framed Size cm 67 80 8 Institution Nationalmuseum Stockholm accession number 17653 NM 650 place of creation Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum Stockholm cooperation project Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-auto PD-Nationalmuseum_Stockholm 1673 Media contributed by Nationalmuseum Stockholm 2016-10 Paintings in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm Christiaen Striep
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