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It is probably the most famous work in the collection of Cardinal Federico Borromeo and is rightly considered a kind of prototype of the "still life". It represents a wicker basket from which fruit and leaves overflow. Many interpretations have been given of it: undoubtedly the extreme realism and the progressively drying leaves make the inexorable flow of time perceptible.
Title: Basket of Fruit
Author: Michelangelo Merisi, detto Caravaggio
Date: 1594 - 98
Technique: Oil painting on canvas
Displayed in: Ambrosiana Art Gallery
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