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Rendang Desa by Van Velthuijzen

  This lovely work by Henry Van Velthuysen is part of our collection and requires a new home. So it is For Sale. It is a typical house in a typical Indonesian village: De Desa. Van Velthuysen made ...

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Ligurian Pasta Pesto

This work by Borgh now hangs in our stairwell until it goes to another Italy enthusiast. The colorful, almost cubist work of Willem Borgh is a daily reminder for us of beautiful trips through Italy...

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Lobster from Vallayer Coster

Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744 – 1818) was an 18th-century French painter best known for her still lifes. She achieved fame and recognition very early in her career and was admitted to the Académie Roy...

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Carpaccio of citrus fruit by Zuburan

The Spanish artist de Zuburan is best known for his portraits of saints. Yet this is also a masterpiece due to the symmetrical arrangement of household objects. The painting is tranquil. All senses...

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Nittis BBQ Breakfast

Giuseppe de Nitti's breakfast-in-the-garden (1883)Pinacoteca "Giuseppe De Nittis" For Breakfast in the garden, Giuseppe de Nittis portrayed his wife and son. Breakfast in nature is one of the mos...

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Lemon Cake by Manet

Edouard Manet, The Lemon (1880)Musee D'orsayManet came from a Parisian bourgeois background and was sent around the world by his father to look around and discover everything. After his six-month s...

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Oysters by Jean-Francois Troy

This time in Art & Food a dish that was first food for the poor and slowly became more and more exclusive: Oysters. A number of paintings have been made with oysters as the subject. From still ...

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Cheek of veal by Anton Mauve

Mauve was one of the Hague School painters who captured various facets of outdoor life en plein air; he became famous for his heathland landscapes with flocks of sheep where the skies merge with th...

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