Basket of Flowers

During the 1640s, flower paintings from Antwerp and Rome began to be collected in Madrid and, by 1650, Arellano was producing distinctive versions of this pleasing subject. In later years he became a brilliant practitioner of the genre, taming the exuberance of his Flemish models by concentrating his formidable powers of observation on individual species.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 2 minutes):

Franz Schubert: Blumenlied (Flower Song) D 431