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To: HandyDandy

The fruit was a profound hint for the contemporaneous audience. Nothing in painting of that era was “just a grocery list.”


30 posted on 08/31/2021 6:12:58 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace.)
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To: Tax-chick
I concur with the author of the article.
”What was once thought to be a somewhat glum depiction of a young girl reading near a window is now an amorous portrayal thanks to the unveiling of a naked Cupid hanging in the background.”
38 posted on 08/31/2021 7:40:00 PM PDT by HandyDandy
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To: Tax-chick; Ezekiel
I can even see the fruit flies hovering around the fruit.


40 posted on 08/31/2021 9:07:14 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Tax-chick; Ezekiel
I can even see the fruit flies hovering around the fruit.


41 posted on 08/31/2021 9:08:20 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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