Serpents, Fly Agarics and Thistles

This page presents "Serpents, Fly Agarics and Thistles", created by Paolo Porpora. It is listed in the Still Life collection. The image is in landscape orientation. Still Life, a short history: Dutch vanitas paintings used objects such as skulls, candles, and wilting flowers to remind viewers that time passes. Later artists, including Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso, used humble still-life subjects to test ideas about space and form.

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Italian, 1617–1673

If you like the visual language of Paolo Porpora, explore more works by the same artist in our collection.