Henries Franciscus Wirtz was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. This work, Shells and Marine Plants was made in 1809. It depicts a still life with exotic shells and a few pieces of coral, lying together on a rock on the coast. This masterpiece is now located in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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