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In the centre Van Heemskerk has engraved the monogram of his son Joost and Joost’s wife, Anna Coninck. Above this is the motto that translates as: ‘Just and sincere’. The inscription around the border praises fidelity in marriage.

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A scene depicting two figures in an interior setting from the 'Yadorigi' chapter of The Tale of Genji.

The Tale of Genji Scroll: Yadorigi

Unknown Artist

A dynamic scene depicting figures on a shore gesturing towards a floating granary above the water.

Legends of Mount Shigi: The Flying Granary

Unknown Artist

A chaotic scene depicting an assault on the Sanjō Palace with armed figures and burning architecture.

Night Attack on the Sanjō Palace

Unknown Artist

A colorful hanging scroll depicting the Womb World Mandala with a central Buddha figure surrounded by deities.

Womb World Mandala (Mandala of the Two Realms)

Unknown Artist

Musicians and elegantly dressed figures occupy a shallow foreground against a gold-leaf background in the Hikone Screen.

Hikone Screen

Unknown Artist

A folio from the Blue Qur'an featuring gold Kufic script on indigo-dyed parchment.

Folio from the Blue Qur'an

Unknown Artist

A funeral procession with Isfandiyar's body on a golden bier, surrounded by mourners in flowing robes.

The Funeral of Isfandiyar (Great Mongol Shahnama)

Unknown Artist

The Ideal City

The Ideal City

Unknown Artist

The Wilton Diptych features a kneeling king presented by saints on the left and the Virgin Mary with angels on the right.

The Wilton Diptych

Unknown Artist

A knight in full armor rides a horse through a rocky landscape accompanied by a skeletal figure holding an hourglass, a horned creature, and a running dog.

Ridder, Dood en Duivel

Unknown Artist

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More Still Life Art

A vibrant floral arrangement by Renoir showcasing his impressionist style.

Jetée De Fleurs

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A Vase of Flowers

A Vase of Flowers

Margareta Haverman

The Studio Wall

The Studio Wall

Adolph Menzel

Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life

Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life

Harmen Steenwijck

A geranium plant with green leaves and white blossoms sits in a yellowish flowerpot on a colorful, textured tabletop with scattered red flowers nearby.

Geranium in a Flowerpot

Vincent van Gogh

A cluster of fourteen sunflowers, some upright and others drooping, fills a rounded ochre vase on a flat yellow surface with thick, textured brushstrokes.

Sunflowers

Vincent van Gogh

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