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Jan van Huysum
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Born April 15, 1682 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died February 8, 1749 (aged 66) • Amsterdam • Netherlands

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Huysum, Jan van: still life with fruit
Figure 113: (Left) An exuberant and dramatic Baroque flower arrangement, Flowers in a Vase, oil on panel by Jan van Huysum, 1726. In the Wallace Collection, London. (Right) An intimate and delicate
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Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
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Dutch painter
Kalf, Willem: Pronk Still Life with Holbein Bowl, Nautilus Cup, Glass Goblet, and Fruit Dish
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Hondecoeter, Melchior de: The Fight Between a Cock and a Turkey
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Dutch painter
Pieter Claesz: Still life with overturned jug, glass of beer, and food
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Dutch painter
“Flowers in a Glass and Fruit,” painting by Jan Davidsz. de Heem; in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Jan Davidsz de Heem
Dutch painter
Willem Claesz. Heda: Still Life with a Fruit Cake, Wine, Beer, and Nuts
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Bloemaert, Abraham: St. Matthew and an Angel
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Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
Caravaggio
Italian painter
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
French artist
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
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Claude Monet: Self-portrait in a Beret
Claude Monet
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Édouard Manet
French painter
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Gustave Courbet
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Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
Georges Braque
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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