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Art & Civilization

"Beauty will save the world"--Dostoevsky

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    William van Aelst,  Roses, irises, poppies and other flowers in a glass vase, on a marble ledge with a tortoiseshell, butterfly and insects, 1662, oil on canvas,                                                                                     49.8cm x37cm (195/8 x 14 3/4 in). Private Collection