Forest Floor Landscape
by BROECK, Elias van den, Oil on canvas, 37 x 30 cm
This painting depicts a forest floor landscape with a thistle, fungi, moths, a lizard and snakes. It is a characteristic example of his still-life paintings of insects, reptiles and amphibians set amidst the flora of a forest floor. It has a narrative element: the image of two snakes attacking each other, one opening its jaws to swallow the other, dominates the painting.