Jan Brueghel the Elder

Still-life was a form of art which mainly depicts the inanimate subjects. Objects that has no life or movement such as food, plants, flowers, stones or shells. Other man-made objects such as glass, coins, jewellery or vase are also used in a form of art in which lets the audience view the lifeless object in life form with the use of lighting and shadow, shaping the object with its original form.

Still-life thrived in the Northern and Spanish of Netherland in the early 1600s, especially floral still-life, as the style increased the idea of urbanisation of Dutch and Flemish Society, bringing out the main prominence of objects that are seen around the house or a personal object, things you would see in an everyday life.  

Jan Brueghel the Elder was a Flemish painter born 1568 in Brussels, he is known to be nicknamed "Velvet" Brueghel, "Flower" Brueghel, and "Paradise" as his favourite subject of art was still life and his choice or dress wear was mainly velvet.  One of his main works Bouquet painted in 1603 and was one of the first paintings to have the still life theme. The painting is a bouquet in a vase denoting the flower and its texture of contrast with the use of black background emphasising the object. Looking at the painting the main focus would be the lighting, as the light is coming from the left but lighting the front of the object, while keeping the background dark, Brueghel does this so that the contrast gives them a luminous quality to the object.  

http://www.wga.hu/html_m/b/bruegel/jan_e/flowers/flowers.html
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/67.187.58