A garland of roses, peonies, daffodils, tulips, morning glory and other flowers draped around an urn with ram heads, on a stone ledge; and A garland of peonies, roses, snowballs, tulips, hyacinths and other flowers draped around an urn with lion heads, on a stone ledge

Bearing the signature of Gaspar Pieter Verbruggen II, this pair of still-lifes has now been recognised by Fred Meijer, of the RKD, The Hague, as the work of his son-in-law and pupil, Jacobus Melchior van Herck, a member of the Antwerp guild between 1698 and 1735.