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Last Quarter: Mortuary arts & death science

A vivid oil painting featuring a large bouquet of flowers next to jewels, coins, a goblet, and a book with a skull on top.
"Vanitas Still-Life with a Bouquet and a Skull" by Adriaen van Utrecht (1642)

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