Rafael Romero Barros. Still Life with Oranges (‘Bodegón de naranjas’), 1863 (Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba).

Oil on canvas: 68 x 54 cm.

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Andy Dixon. Expensive Painting - Desserts, 2016 (private collection).

Acrylic/ mixed media on canvas: 167.6 x 261.6 cm.

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David Ligare. Still Life with Torso and Cactus, ca. 2001 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 102 x 122 cm.

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Pieter Aertsen. The fat Kitchen (‘Det fede køkken’, ‘Voluptas Carnis’), 1570 (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).

Oil on wood: 213 x 110 cm. Neatly divided by the drying meats. The carrots and cabbages on the left, the wise owl on the right. Family first.

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Wilhelm Trübner. Gorgon’s Head (‘Gorgenhaupt’), 1891 (French & Company, New York).

Oil on board: 58 x 43.2 cm.

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Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo. The Infanta Margarita of Austria (‘La infanta doña Margarita de Austria’), ca. 1665 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Oil on canvas: 212 x 147 cm. Also known as ‘Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress’. Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (pupil and son-in-law of Diego Velázquez) was appointed the new court painter in 1661. A cut down version (copy?) lies at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Velázquez`s ‘Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress’: here.

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Pieter Bruegel the elder. Hunters in the Snow - Winter (‘Jäger im Schnee - Winter’), 1565 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).

Oil on oak: 117 x 162 cm. A balcony motif. With winter games, a chimney on fire, and a guy who really, really hurt his knee.

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Sarah Awad. Conversation, 2013 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 213.4 x 152.4 cm.

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Edvard Munch. House Wall in Moonlight (‘Husvegg i måneskinn’), ca. 1924 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).

Oil on canvas: 90 x 68 cm. Photo credit: Sidsel de Jong.

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Gerald Leslie Brockhurst. Zeitgeist, ca. 1935 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 111.8 x 88.9 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, December 2015. The artist’s wife. Otherworldly elegance. Impatient, emancipated. Painted right after ‘Jeunesse Dorée’. It seems the two were in a tense relationship with the occasional arguments. It is said Brockhurst attacked this painting with a knife, leaving visible slashes in the canvas. 

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Giovanni Francesco Castiglione. God creating the Animals, ca. 1660 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 257.5 x 295.6 cm(!). Auctioned at Christie’s London, December 2012. That donkey is up to no good. Giovanni Francesco Castiglione (1641-1710), son and assistant of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-1664). It is thought that many paintings which are ascribed to Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione are copies after him, or originals by his son.

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Kees van Dongen. Two Angels (‘Deux anges’), ca. 1910 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 54.8 x 45.9 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, February 2017.

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Jacob/ Jacques Jordaens (attributed). The Apotheosis of Aeneas (‘Aeneas' apoteose’), ca. 1617 (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).

Oil on canvas: 213 x 236 cm.

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David Jagger. An elegant Lady, ca. 1930 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 91.8 x 71.4 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, December 2012.

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Jacob van Oost the elder (attributed). Head of a young Girl, ca. 1640 (private collection).

Oil on canvas on panel: 41.9 x 31.8 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, January 2012.

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Willem Claesz Heda. Still Life with a gilded Beer Tankard (‘Stilleven met vergulde bierkan’), 1634 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Oil on wood: 44.5 x 62 cm.

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Lucas Cranach the elder (attributed). Venus, 1531 (Stiftung Fürst Liechtenstein, Vienna).

Oil on oak: 38.7 x 24.5 cm. From the art collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein. Seized by French authorities in 2016 over authenticity concerns (Christian Goller?).

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Clara Peeters. Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke and Cherries, ca. 1625 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles).

Oil on wood: 33.3 x 46.7 cm.

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Henri Matisse. Red Interior - Still Life on a Blue Table (‘Intérieur rouge, nature morte sur table bleue’), 1947 (Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf).

Oil on canvas: 116 x 89 cm.

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Orazio Gentileschi. Head of a Woman, ca. 1635 (private collection).

Oil on wood: 42 x 37 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, January 2017.

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