Cornelis van Huynen

[2] He must also have painted garlands of flowers as there is a record of a sale of a work in this genre by the art dealer Forchondt during his lifetime in 1671.

Garland paintings are a type of still life invented in early 17th century Antwerp and whose earliest practitioner was Jan Brueghel the Elder.

Paintings in this genre typically show a flower or, less frequently, fruit garland around a devotional image or portrait.

[9] Paintings in this genre typically show a flower or, less frequently, fruit garland around a devotional image or portrait.

[6] The two garland paintings in the National Museum in Warsaw contain respectively portraits of a painter holding a palette and a woman reading.