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Still life painting showing a skull, urn, coins and book
Still-life paintings in the Royal Collection

The Royal Collection contains many examples of still-life painting

MICHELANGELO MERISI DA CARAVAGGIO (MILAN 1571-PORT' ERCOLE 1610)

Boy Peeling Fruit

c.1592-3

RCIN 402612

Caravaggio’s skill at still-life painting was particularly praised by early biographers and he reputedly said that ‘good still-life painting required as much artistry as good figure painting’.

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