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Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill by Pieter Claesz — VisualArtsDB

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Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

1628

Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (24.1 x 35.9 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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