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Bonen van Carracci - Lyklema Fine Art
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Beans from Carracci

Annibale Carracci, the Bean Eater (1583)Galleria Colonna, RomeThe Carraccis were an important artist family in the Middle Ages. He ran an art academy together with two brothers. The main point was ...
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Gepekelde ham van Paul Gauguin - Lyklema Fine Art

Dried pickled ham from Paul Gauguin

Gauguin (1848-1903) believed that every aspect of life should receive the same aesthetic attention as, for example, the human figure. “Don't copy nature too literally. Art is an abstraction.” Gaugu...
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De Kaasplank van Van Dijck - Lyklema Fine Art

Cheese by Van Dijck

Fruits, bread and three cheeses are laid out sort by kind on a table covered with precious damask cloths. The Haarlem painter Floris Claesz van Dijck is one of the pioneers of Dutch still life pain...
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Aardappels met poor men's Caviar van Vincent van Gogh - Lyklema Fine Art

Patato's; poor men's Caviar by van Gogh

The painting 'The Potato Eaters' by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is the most ambitious work from his Dutch period and his first real masterpiece. Before he starts the painting, he makes more than a...
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Magnolia ijs van Wilhelm List - Lyklema Fine Art

Magnolia ijs van Wilhelm List

It is spring and so the trees are in bloom, you see the first green shoots coming out of the branches and Magnolia trees are in bloom. This reminds us of a work by Wilhelm List. At the turn of the ...
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Asperges van Coorte - Lyklema Fine Art

Aspergus from Coorte

This work by Coorte hangs in the Rijksmuseum and is a masterpiece due to its detail and color nuances. Still lifes were not highly regarded in painting because they were history paintings, but they...
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Bouillabaisse van Manet - Lyklema Fine Art

Bouillabaisse from Manet

This realistic work is a masterpiece due to its composition, color scheme and details without the latter being fully developed. Manet is considered to have heralded the beginning of modern art with...
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Appels van Cezanne - Lyklema Fine Art

Tarte Tartin from Cezanne

According to Paul Cézanne, art is 'a harmony parallel to nature', not an imitation of nature. In his search for underlying structure and composition, the artist may not portray the objects and spac...
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