Otto Marseus van Schrieck (ca. 1613 – 1678)

• Was a Dutch painter during the Dutch Golden Age.
• He is known for his paintings of forest flora and fauna.
• He spent the years 1652-1657 in Rome and Florence with the painters Matthias Withoos and Willem van Aelst.
 • In Rome, he joined the Bentvueghels, his nickname was Snuffelaer .
• Many of his paintings are dark studies of plants, with lizards at the base and insects on the leaves and branches.
• Alida Withoos collaborated with him on creating paintings of the garden of Vijverhof for Agnes Block's collection of garden albums.
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