Jan & John Maggs

Antiques and Art

Flowers and small animals hiding in a few European Museums

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Insects with Creeping Thistle and Borage

Jan van Kessel the Elder

London, National Gallery

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Vase of Flowers with Self-Portrait

Johanna Helena Herolt (1668 – 1723)

Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten  

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Vanitas - Still Life

Jan Jansz. Treck (1605/6 – 1652)

London, National Gallery

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Bouquet in a Clay Vase

Jan Breughel the Elder (1568 – 1625)

London, National Gallery

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Animals in a Garden

David de Coninck (1646 – after 1700)

Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten  

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A Banquet Still Life

Floris van Dijck (c. 1575 – before 1651)

London, National Gallery  

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Woman Selling Vegetables

Hendrick Mommers (c. 1623 – 1693)

Brussels, Musée Old Masters

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One of several bronze bunnies adorning ticket room seats

Paris, Musée de Cluny

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Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele

Jan van Eyck (c. 1390 – 1441)

Bruges, Groeningemuseum  

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Still Life with a Lobster

Willem Claesz. Heda (1694 – 1680)

London, National Gallery

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Portrait of Catharina Backer

Arnold Boonen (1669 – 1729)

Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten

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Singerie

David Teniers II (1610 – 1690)

Antwerpen, Museum voor Schone Kunsten

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"The Lady and the Unicorn" tapestries

Anonymous artist (c. 1500)

Paris, Musée de Cluny

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Garland with a Landscape

Catharina II Ykens (1659 – 1689)

Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten

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An unidentified doorway in Ghent  

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Portrait of the Marquis and Marchioness de Miramon and their children

James Tissot (1836 – 1902)

Paris, Musée d’Orsay

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Still Life with a Pewter Flagon and Two Ming Bowls

Jan Jansz. Treck (1605/6 – 1652)

London, National Gallery

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Undergrowth with Flowers, Animals, and Insects

Abraham Mignon (1640 – 1679)

Brussels, Musée Old Masters

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