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| attributed to Hendrik van Balen Garland with Cybele and the Seasons ca. 1615 Prado |
The tradition of painted floral garlands or guirnaldas, most often surrounding a small image from Christian iconography or pagan mythology, was essentially a Flemish export that reached its most elaborate fulfillment in Baroque-age Spain.
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| Hendrik van Balen (central image) and Jan Brueghel the Elder (garland) Madonna and Child with Garland ca. 1621 Prado |
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| Giulio Cesare Procaccini (central image) and Jan Brueghel the Elder (garland) Madonna and Child with Garland ca. 1619 Prado |
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| Bartolomé Pérez St Anthony of Padua and Christ Child with Garland ca. 1689 Prado |
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| Bartolomé Pérez St Camillus de Lellis with Garland 17th century Prado |
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| Bartolomé Pérez St Teresa de Jesús with Garland ca. 1676 Prado |
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| Andries Bosmans Madonna and Child and St. Anne with Garland 17th century Prado |
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| Nicolaes van Veerendael Blessed Virgin with Garland ca. 1640-60 Prado |
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| Pieter Brueghel the Younger Adoration of the Magi with Garland 17th century Prado |
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| Catarina II Ykens Landscape Vignette with Garland 17th century Prado |
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| Cornelis Schut (central image) and Daniel Seghers (Garland) Madonna and Child with Garland 17th century Prado |
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| Cornelis Schut (central image) and Daniel Seghers (Garland) Madonna and Child and St John the Baptist with Garland 17th century Prado |
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| Daniel Seghers Garland of Roses 17th century Prado |
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| Juan de Arellano Landscape Vignette with Garland 1652 Prado |
I am grateful for the beautiful reproductions made available by Museo del Prado.