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Still Life with Copulating Sparrows, Cornelis de Heem

Cornelis de Heem

Still Life with Copulating Sparrows

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Cornelis de Heem

Still Life with Copulating Sparrows, 1657

Dimensions: 94 x 117.4 cm

Physical Description: Oil on canvas

Inventory Number: 708

Acquisition: Acquired in 1817

Status: On display, 2nd upper level, Old Masters, room 8

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Primary

41A671still life of plants, flowers and fruit
41C38laid table as still life
25F32(SPARROW)(+432)song-birds: sparrow (+ animals mating)

Secondary

47I422vine
25G21(MELON)fruits: melon
25G21(CHESTNUT)fruits: chestnut
25G21(FIG)fruits: fig
25F72(OYSTER)molluscs: oyster
25F72(NAUTILUS)molluscs: nautilus
25G41(ROSE)flowers: rose
25F711(BUTTERFLY)insects: butterfly
31A511mirror
48C73511recorder (musical instrument)
41C37table-cloth
41A422hangings and drapery

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