Pronkstilleven

[1] Flemish artists such as Frans Snyders and Adriaen van Utrecht started to paint still lifes that emphasized abundance by depicting a diversity of objects, fruits, flowers and dead game, often together with living people and animals.

de Heem, who spent a long period of his active career in Antwerp and was one of the founders of the style in the Dutch Republic.

[2][3] Other leading representatives in Flanders and the Dutch Republic were Nicolaes van Verendael, Alexander Coosemans, Carstian Luyckx, Jasper Geeraards, Peter Willebeeck, Abraham van Beyeren and Willem Kalf.

[1] Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts developed the style further by incorporating pronkstillevens in the trompe-l'œil compositions for which he was known.

For instance, roses are often used as a vanitas motif, as they recall that all life and earthly beauty are fleeting.