File:Herbs, Butterflies and a Serpent (Christian Jansz Striep) - Nationalmuseum - 17653.tif
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Christiaen Striep: Herbs, Butterflies and a Serpent
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English: Herbs, Butterflies and a Serpent Svenska: Skogsört, fjärilar och orm |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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still life  |
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English: 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. Svenska: Den här stillebenmålningen utgör ett helt litet natursceneri. Mot den mörka bakgrunden fladdrar ljusa fjärilar kring blad och växter. Men här utspelar sig också något mycket dramatiskt – den grågula ormen sträcker sig för att med öppet gap fånga en av fjärilarna. I många holländska stilleben från 1600-talet förde konstnärerna in olika slags symboler. Här skulle ormen kunna tolkas som en symbol för Satan, medan de ljusa fjärilarna får symbolisera Kristus eller människans själ. |
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| Original caption | English: 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. Svenska: Den här stillebenmålningen utgör ett helt litet natursceneri. Mot den mörka bakgrunden fladdrar ljusa fjärilar kring blad och växter. Men här utspelar sig också något mycket dramatiskt – den grågula ormen sträcker sig för att med öppet gap fånga en av fjärilarna. I många holländska stilleben från 1600-talet förde konstnärerna in olika slags symboler. Här skulle ormen kunna tolkas som en symbol för Satan, medan de ljusa fjärilarna får symbolisera Kristus eller människans själ. |
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| Date | Unknown date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NM 650 |
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| Source/Photographer | Nationalmuseum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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