This 17th century Flemish painter is considered one of the originators of the genre of the pronkstillevens (sumptuous still lifes depicting objects, fruits, flowers, and dead game).

This American artist grew so tired of the demands of being the “leading portrait painter of his generation” that by 1907 he pledged not to accept any more portrait commissions.

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