Garland of Flowers with Madonna and Child

As a result, a large number of works were created in which a religious theme was surrounded by a garland of flowers. Depictions of the Madonna and Child constitute the majority of the religious elements of these works. The garlands of flowers are thought to have represented flower offerings to the Madonna and Child, at the same time that they were symbols of the admonitory theme of Vanitas. In this work the flowers were painted by Daniel Seghers while the Madonna and Child were painted by Cornelis Schut.