The Daily Painting: Still-Life of Books

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Still-Life of Books

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Jan Davidsz de Heem

(Dutch, 1606-1684)

Still-Life of Books, 1628

Oil on wood

Bookssss!

3 comments:

The Other KatieMarch 7, 2010 at 5:28 PM
How cool! They're in Latin! I wonder who Roddrick Alphonsus is? I think I'll google it...
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The Other KatieMarch 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM
Oh! It's a play! Sweet. 8-)
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UnknownMarch 10, 2010 at 9:01 PM
Books!
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