Among a group of paintings acquired by the Metropolitan Museum soon after incorporation in 1870 was a still life by the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Jacob Vosmaer. It is a rare example or an early flower painting depicting a bouquet of tulips, irises, peonies, and roses in an earthenware pot. Executed in oil on wood panel between1615 and 1620, it is one of fewer than six known works by the artist. The painting illustrates particular problems of condition, a discussion of which reveals difficulties often faced by the conservator.