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Vermeulen, Jan: Vanitas still life Oosterwyck, Maria van: Still Life with Flowers Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre: Still Life “Still Life,” oil on canvas by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Claesz, Pieter: still life with overturned jug, glass of beer, and food Fyt, Jan: still life by the sea Oudry, Jean-Baptiste: still life with musical instruments Pablo Picasso: Still Life with Chair Caning Harnett, William: Still Life with Ginger Jar Paul Cézanne: Still Life with Ginger Jar, Sugar Bowl, and Oranges
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Vermeulen, Jan: Vanitas still life
Oosterwyck, Maria van: Still Life with Flowers
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre: Still Life
“Still Life,” oil on canvas by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Claesz, Pieter: still life with overturned jug, glass of beer, and food
Fyt, Jan: still life by the sea
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste: still life with musical instruments
Pablo Picasso: Still Life with Chair Caning
Harnett, William: Still Life with Ginger Jar
Paul Cézanne: Still Life with Ginger Jar, Sugar Bowl, and Oranges
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