A tulip, a carnation, spray of forget-me-nots, with a shell, a lizard and a grasshopper, on a ledge, a dragonfly in flight

Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg c. 1593/4-1657 Delft) A tulip, a carnation, spray of forget-me-nots, with a shell, a lizard and a grasshopper, on a ledge, a dragonfly in flight signed '•B• vander• Ast•••' (lower right) oil on panel 7 x 14 in. (17.8 x 35.6 cm.)