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Fruit and Flowers (Still Life with a Monkey and a Peacock)

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Artist

Pieter Boel (Flemish, 1622–1674)

Date

about 1660

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

49 13/16 x 74 3/16 in. (126.6 x 188.4 cm)

Inscription

Inscribed upper center: “PETER BOEL”

Credit Line

Athenæum exchange, 1836

Object Number

UR135