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  • Pieter Claesz: Still life with overturned jug, glass of beer, and food
    Pieter Claesz

    His Still Life with a Burning Candle (1627) and the Breakfast Still Life (1647) show a subtle variation of closely related monochrome colors, which in his later, more Baroque work became stronger. Claesz’s increasingly decorative work after 1640 includes lavish still-life displays. His son, Nicolaes Berchem,


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    His Still Life with a Burning Candle (1627) and the Breakfast Still Life (1647) show a subtle variation of closely related monochrome colors, which in his later, more Baroque work became stronger. Claesz’s increasingly decorative work after 1640 includes lavish still-life displays. His son, Nicolaes Berchem,


    Read More