LINARD, Jacques
(b. ca. 1600, Paris, d. 1645, Paris)
LINARD, Jacques (b. ca. 1600, Paris, d. 1645, Paris) |
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Bouquet on Wooden Boxc. 1640Oil on canvas, 57 x 42 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe | ||
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Wooden boxes in still-lifes in the 17th century often retained the significance they had in 15th and 16th-century Madonna pieces, and denoted the shrine in which the saint was thought to lie concealed.
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