On an entablature, a composition of flowers and a goldfinch. As usual in painting of still-life, everything is symbol :

-le three-colored bindweed (Convolvulus tricolor) Symbol of divine love, as the ivy, it connects and attache.

-Rose (Rosa) Symbole of love, it is Aphrodite's flower (Venus) arisen from some foam of the sea where grows a white rosebush sprayed by the nectar of gods. Aphrodite gave her the beauty; Dionysus, a heady perfume; as for three Graces, they offered her respectively the charm, the brightness and the enjoyment. It is quite naturally that the rose will become one of the flowers associated with the Virgin Mary; white,  symbol of purity; red, it evokes divine love and the Passion of Christ.

-L'anémone (Anemone Coronaria) and (Anemone hepatica) Flower of the wind, it symbolizes the short-lived, the spring which is reborn, the fragile beauty.

- poppies ( soporific Papaver) its soporific properties are known since the highest antiquity. It is the attribute of Hypnos, God of  sleep, the dreams night . The Christian iconography appropriates its image. its intense red makes a reference to the Passion of Christ. The wild poppy, the poppy, which grows in wheatfields evokes the eucharistie.

- in the Greek mythology, Iris is the messenger of  gods, in particular Hera. She adored Iris because it brought  only good news

About the goldfinch, it is often associated with the Christ, bird  been born in a thistle. The thorny thistle on which it feeds evokes the Crown of thorns of the Passion, and by its color the blood of  Christ, symbolized by the red spots of this bird.