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Image Source Still Life with a Glass and Oysters Artist:Jan Davidsz de Heem (Dutch, Utrecht 1606–1683/84 Antwerp) Date: ca. 1640 Medium: Oil on wood After a few days of sunshine, we woke up to a rainy

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