Still lifes or bodegóns with food hanging on strings. Baroque art by Spanish painter Juan Sánchez Cotán, who lived from 1560 to 1627 and was a monk too. Maybe that’s why the fruit is just out of reach.

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"Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables." ca. 1602.
“Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables.” ca. 1602. Oil on canvas. Image © Várez Fisa Collection, Madrid. Fair use license. via https://www.guggenheim.org/arts-curriculum/topic/bodegones
"Still Life with Game Fowl,Vegetables and Fruits." 1602.
“Still Life with Game Fowl, Vegetables, and Fruits.” 1602. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_Life_with_Game_Fowl,Vegetables_and_Fruits,_Prado,_Museum,Madrid,1602,HernaniCollection.jpg
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Still life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber. ca. 1600. Oil on canvas. Collection of the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego. Photo credit: The Yorck Project (2002) .In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_Juan_S%C3%A1nchez_Cot%C3%A1n_001.jpg

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