1 herbs butterflies and a serpent politics The artist behind the work

The artist behind the work is called Carl Wahlbom and was one of Sweden's most popular history painters during the 19th century

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1 herbs butterflies and a serpent politics The artist behind the workPoster with the painting Forest herb, butterflies and snake by the Dutch artist Christian Jansz Striep (1633 1673) . The motif consists of a natural scene with bright butterflies and a greyish yellow snake that dramatically reaches out to catch one of them with an open gap. In many Dutch still lifes from the 17th century, the artists introduced various kinds of symbols. Here the snake could be interpreted as a symbol of evil, while the bright