Jacob Marrel ( 1614 - 1681 ) was a Dutch painter. Jacob Marrel s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices surpassing estimated prices, varying from 31560.08 USD for Tulips in a vase with a caterpillar and a grasshopper on a stone ledge, and dragonflies and a bee in 2002 to 334000 USD for STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS IN A NICHE WITH CHERRIES, INSECTS AND A CATERPILLAR in 2