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Still Life

Flowers past their best, fruit and silver and the slow drama of a tabletop. Dutch banquets of oysters, silver and glass, Chardin's silver tureen, Van Gogh's worn shoes, Cézanne's apples, Vollon's great cheese, and a Korean table of bronze vessels and flowering plants. Small worlds, lovingly lit.

As a puzzle

A classic jigsaw subject. Dense detail and strong contrast against dark grounds give the eye plenty to grab, though those dark grounds are the hard bit.

A good size here: 60–250 pieces.

43 pictures, pick one to build

Still Life: A Banqueting Scene Jan Davidsz de Heem, ca. 1640–41 Still Life with a Glass and Oysters Jan Davidsz de Heem, ca. 1640 Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885 Shoes Vincent van Gogh, 1888 Pink Azalea—Chinese Vase William Merritt Chase, 1880–90 (?) Still Life with Flowers, a Snail and Insects Joris Hoefnagel, 1589 Still life with bronze vessels and flowering plants Attributed to Jang Seung-eop (sobriquet: Owon), 1894 Still Life with Silver Alexandre François Desportes, 1720s Still Life with Flowers and Fruit Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866 Basket of Flowers Eugène Delacroix, 1848–49 A Bouquet of Flowers Clara Peeters, ca. 1612 Still Life with Strawberries French Painter Etruscan Vase with Flowers Odilon Redon, 1900–1910 Still Life with Lobster and Fruit Abraham van Beyeren, probably early 1650s The Brioche Edouard Manet, 1870 Irises Vincent van Gogh, 1890 Fish William Merritt Chase, by 1910 Still life with musical instruments (one of a pair) French Painter, 18th century, 18th century Still Life with Pansies Henri Fantin-Latour, 1874 A Hare and Birds Jan Fyt Bouquet in a Chinese Vase Odilon Redon, ca. 1912–14 Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill Pieter Claesz, 1628 Oleanders Vincent van Gogh, 1888 Dog Guarding Dead Game Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1753 Still Life with Cheese Antoine Vollon, probably late 1870s A Basket and Birds Jan Fyt Hortensia Fernand Khnopff, 1884 Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware Willem Claesz Heda, 1635 Roses Vincent van Gogh, 1890 Vase of Flowers and Conch Shell Anne Vallayer-Coster, 1780 Potted Pansies Henri Fantin-Latour, 1883 A Hare, Partridges, and Fruit Jan Fyt A Vase of Flowers Margareta Haverman, 1716 Sunflowers Vincent van Gogh, 1887 The Silver Tureen Jean Siméon Chardin, ca. 1728–30 Summer Flowers Henri Fantin-Latour, 1880 A Basket of Flowers Jan Brueghel the Younger, probably 1620s Vanitas Still Life Herman Henstenburgh, n.d. Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase Vincent van Gogh, 1890 Still Life with Roses and Fruit Henri Fantin-Latour, 1863 Still Life with Fruit, Glassware, and a Wanli Bowl Willem Kalf, 1659 Still Life with Teapot and Fruit Paul Gauguin, 1896 Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890