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Portrait of a Musician
Madonna of the pavilion
Athens school
Creche
Basket of Fruit
Adoration of the Magi
Enthroned Madonna with Child between Sant'Ambrogio and San Michele or Madonna delle torri
Allegory of water
Allegory of Fire
Flowerpot with jewel, coins, shells
Portrait of a lady
Portrait of a Musician
Madonna of the pavilion
Athens school
Creche
Basket of Fruit
Adoration of the Magi
Enthroned Madonna with Child between Sant'Ambrogio and San Michele or Madonna delle torri
Allegory of water
Allegory of Fire
Flowerpot with jewel, coins, shells
Portrait of a lady

Basket of Fruit

Michelangelo Merisi, detto Caravaggio

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Ambrosian Art Gallery

Ambrosian Art Gallery

Piazza Pio XI, 2, Milan

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It is probably the most famous work in the collection of Cardinal Federico Borromeo and is rightly considered a kind of prototype of the "still life". It represents a wicker basket from which fruit and leaves overflow. Many interpretations have been given of it: undoubtedly the extreme realism and the progressively drying leaves make the inexorable flow of time perceptible.
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Title: Basket of Fruit

Author: Michelangelo Merisi, detto Caravaggio

Date: 1594 - 98

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Ambrosian Art Gallery

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