Week 29: Magic Bowls

Osias Beert turned subjects into symbols: the cherries and strawberries represent the souls of men while a dragonfly represents the devil, waiting to corrupt them (Credit: Alamy)

Oooo the Cherries almost better than Pandoras Box, or Eve and the Apple. This is much more inclusive.

The Knight’s Dreamca. 1650-1670
Antonio de Pereda


On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 999

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/817437

Incatation bowls.

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