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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Still life quartet by Dutch golden age master to be shown together in Cambridge

Banquet Still Life painting of luxurious objects, velvet throws, fruit baskets, silverware
Banquet Still Life is the final painting in the series, with a value of about £6m. Photograph: The Fitzwilliam Museum

A quartet of influential still lifes from the Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem will go on display together for the first time since the 17th century at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

The four paintings were produced as part of a series by De Heem, who is considered to be a master of pronkstilleven – a style of ornate still life painting – during the Dutch golden age, depicting displays of sumptuous food and luxurious objects.

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