Works Attributed to Otto Marseus van Schrieck

The numbers refer to the figure and catalog numbers in Susanna Steensma’s book Otto Marseus van Schrieck. Leben und Werke. Hildesheim and New York: Georg Olms Verlag. 1999.

Fig. 28 cat. B1. 8

• Birds, lizard, snake and butterflies (Vogel, Eidechse, Schlange und Schmetterlinge)
• Location: Florence
• Mushroom description: Amanita caesarea, Agaricus cf. arvensis

Fig. 29 cat. B1. 9 (Florence)

• Bird, insects and flowers (Vogel, Insekten und Blumen)
• Mushroom description: Coprinus cf. micaceus

Fig. 32 cat. B1.12 (Roma)

• Flowers, mushrooms and butterflies. (Blumen, Pilze und Schmetterlinge)
• Mushroom description: Amanita cf.caesarea

Fig. 33 cat. B1.13 (Roma)

• Flowers, mushrooms, insects and reptiles (Blumen, Pilze, Insekten und Reptilien)
• Mushroom description: Two Amanita caesarea

Fig. 34 cat. B1.14 (Florence)

• Mushrooms and butterflies (Pilze und Schmetterlinge)
• Mushroom description: Russula cf. pectinatoides, Russula sp., Coprinus sp.

Fig. 35 cat. B1.15 (private)

• Untitled (Ohne Titel)
• Mushroom description: Two Amanita caesarea, one Agaricus arvensis, one Russula sp., one Coprinus sp.

Fig. 36 cat. B1.16 (private, Virginia)

• Still life (Stilleben)
• Mushroom description: Ramaria sp., unidentified pileate Hymenomycetes

Fig. 37 cat.B1.16A (Rouen)

• Mushrooms and insects(Champignons und Insekten)
• Mushroom description: Ramaria botrytis, Amanita caesarea, Macrolepiota sp., Cantharellus cibarius, Cladonia sp., undentified pileated Hymenomycetes

Fig. 38 cat. B1.17 (private, London)

• Forest understory with mushrooms (Sottobosco mit Pilzen)
• Agaricus arvensis, Ramaria botrytis, Cantharellus cibarius, several undentified pileate Hymenomycetes

Fig. 39 cat. B1.18 (Basel)

• Interpretation reproduced from Larousse Encyclopedia
• Reptiles, mushrooms and butterflies (Reptilien, Pilze und Schmetterlinge)
• Mushroom description: Amanita pantherina, Amanita citrina, Clathrus ruber, Coprinus micaceus, Russula sp., Vascellum pratense, Mycena galericulata, Aleuria aurantia, Agaricus silvicola, Cladonia sp.

Fig. 41 cat. B1.20 (private)

• Lizard in a lanscape (Eidechse in einer Landschaft)
• Mushroom description: Agaricus arvensis

Fig. 42 cat. B1.21 (Florence) dated 1655

• Mushrooms and animal (Pilze und Tiere)
• Mushroom description: Amanita caesarea, undentified agaric (perhaps Inocybe)
• Web: https://www.intofineart.com/htmlimg/image-30030.htm

Fig. 43 cat. B1.22 (private)

• Forest scene (Waldszene)
• Mushroom description: Agaricus arvensis, Ramaria botrytis, Amanita caesarea, Phallus impudicus

Fig. 45 cat. B1.24 (Schwerin)

• Mushroom description: Geastrum sp., unidentified pileate Hymenomycetes

Fig. 54 cat. B1.33 (Braunschweig)

• Still life with insects and amphibians (Stilleben mit Insekten und Amphibien)
• Interpretation of colored reproductions in various books. Dated 1662
• Mushroom description: Two Amanita caesarea, Tricholoma cf. populinum, Ramaria botrytis, Boletus erythropus (=luridiformis, = miniatoporus), Boletus sp. (very old specimen)

Fig. 55 cat. B1.34 (private)

• Forest understory still life with mushrooms, flowers and insects (Waldbodenstilleben mit Pilzen, Blumen und Insekten)
• Note: No mushrooms visible in reproduction, but fungi mentioned in title of painting

Fig. 69 cat. B1.47 (private) dated 1665

• Animal life on and by a tree: three snakes, toad, lizard, songbirds and butterflies (Tierleben auf and ab einem Baum: drei Schlangen, Kröte, Eidechse, Singvögel Schmetterlinge)
• Mushroom description: Two Amanita caesarea, one Russula sp., one Ramaria cf. botrytis, one unidentifiable pileate Hymenomycete

Note: There is a notable change in mycological content after 1665. Before this time, many of the mushrooms are those found in Italian markets. Thereafter, they include mainly those found in forests. Van Schrieck left Italy to settle in the Netherlands about that time.

Fig. 71 cat. B1.49 (Copenhagen)

• Mushroom description: Numerous small gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 78 cat. B 1.56 (Karlsruhe)

• Mushroom description: Three gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 93 cat. B1.69 (New York)

• Still life with poppies, insect and reptiles (Stilleben mit Mohnblumen, Insekten und Reptilien)
• Mushroom description: Numerous small gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 94 cat. B1.70 (private)

• Untitled
• Mushroom description: Two small gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 95 cat. B1.71 (private)

• Forest still life (Waldstilleben)
• Mushroom description: One small gilled Hymenomycete, cf. Psathyrella candolleana

Fig. 111 cat. B1.86 (Kraków)

• Forest still life with mushrooms (Waldstilleben mit Pilzen)
• Mushroom description: Several small gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 115 cat. B1.90 (Dresden, lost) dated 1673

• Plants with insects, amphibians and reptiles (Pflanzen mit Insekten, Amphibien und Reptilien)
• Mushroom description: Two small gilled Hymenomycetes, cf. Hygrocybe sp.

Fig. 116 cat. B1.91 (Hamburg)

• Pea shrub (Erbsenstaude)
• Mushroom description: Two small gilled Hymenomycetes, cf. Hygrocybe sp.

Fig. 117 cat. B 1.92 (Cambridge)

• Mushroom description: One gilled Hymenomycete cf. Hygrocybe (with thick distant gills, as in fig. 115, dated 1673, and fig. 116)

Fig. 120 cat. B1.95 (Berlin)

• Melde, Pilze, Schlangen und Schmetterlinge
• Mushroom description: Several small gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 122 cat. B1.96 (Hannover)

• Butterflies and flowers. (Schmetterlinge und Blumen)
• Mushroom description: (pl.VIII) Two gilled Hymenomycetes, cf. Coprinus

Fig. 126 cat.B1.100 (Munich)

• Flower still life. (Blumenstück)
• Mushroom description: Several small gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 129 cat.B1.103 (Schwerin)

• Mushrooms, frog and grasshoppers. (Pilze, Frosch und Grashüpfer)
• Mushroom description: Several small gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 130 cat.B1.104 (Hannover, lost)

• Flowers and butterflies (Blumen und Schmetterlinge)
• Mushroom description: Two gilled Hymenomycetes
• Note: Authorship of Marseus van Schrieck unsure

Fig. 137 cat. B2. 6 (Bruxelles – by Lachtropius ?)

• Thistle and snake (Distel und Schlange)
• Mushroom description: Several small gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 138 cat. B 2. 7 (London, in trade)

• Mushroom description: Two pileate Hymenomycetes

Fig. 141 cat. B2.12 (private)

• Underground still life (Untergrundstilleben)
• Mushroom description: Two or three gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 142 cat. B 2.10 (France, in trade)

• Mushroom description: Several pileate Hymenomycetes (reproduction very indistinct)

Fig. 149 cat. B2.18 (Cambridge)

• Silver birch trunk with animals and insects (Silberbirkenstamm mit Tieren und Insekten)
• Mushroom description: Three gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 150 cat. B2.19 (private – by Rachel Ruysch ?)

• Forest understory with snowdrops, mushrooms, turtle, snake and a lizard by a birch tree (Waldboden mit Schneeglöckchen, Pilzen, Schildkröte, Schlange und eine Eidechse an einer Birke)
• Mushroom description: Two gilled Hymenomycetes, Cantharellus cibarius, Ramaria cf. botrytis

Fig. 153 cat. B2.22 (private)

• Untitled
• Mushroom description: One pileate Hymenomycete

Fig. 154 cat. B2.23 (private)

• Untitled
• Mushroom description: Several gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 155 cat. B2.24 (Prague)

• Forest understory still life (Waldstilleben)
• Mushroom description: Several gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 156 cat. B2.25 (Würzburg)

• Dead salamander. (Die Tote Salamander)
• Mushroom description: Two pileate Hymenomycetes in background

Fig. 174 cat. B 3.13 (Florence, Uffizi)

• Note: by van Aelst?
• Mushroom description: One little gilled Hymenomycete, cf. Psathyrella

Fig. 177 cat. B3.16 (Paris – possibly by Rachel Ruysch)

• Still life with mushrooms and butterflies (Stilleben mit Pilzen und Schmetterlinge)
• Mushroom description: Group of lignicolous gilled Hymenomycetes

Fig. 199 cat. B3.45 (London, in trade)

• Mushroom description: Two Hymenomycetes with decurrent gills – cf. Lactarius sp.

Fig. 202 cat. B3.39 (exhibition Bergamo – possibly by J-B van Hulst)

• Forest understory (Sottobosco)
• Mushroom description: Three gilled Hymenomycetes with umbonate pileus

Fig. 204 cat. B 3.41 (London, Sotheby, in trade)

• Mushroom description: Two pileate Hymenomycetes, cf. Coprinus reproduction indistinct, no stem visible

Fig. 207 cat. B 3.44 (New York, in trade)

• Note: dated 1662, by circle of Withoos?
• Mushroom description: Two little gilled Hymenomycetes.

Fig. 208 cat. B3.46 (London, in trade)

• Lizards, snakes and butterflies (Eidechsen, Schlangen und Schmetterlinge)
• Mushroom description: Several pileate Hymenomycetes

Fig. 209 cat. B3.47 (London, in trade)

• Lizards, snakes and butterflies (Eidechsen, Schlangen und Schmetterlinge)
• Mushroom description: Several indistinct pileate Hymenomycetes

Fig. 222 cat. C2. 1 (Paris)

• Mushrooms, butterflies, fruits and flowers (Pilzen, Schmetterlinge, Früchten und Blumen)
• Mushroom description: Several gilled Hymenomycetes (cf. Coprinus)