Still Life With Fruit, Game, Vegetables and Live Monkey, Squirrel and a Cat (circa 1637)
Artist: Frans Snyders
Apparently the fruits and animals have symbolic meaning, eg. the monkey represents evil
I chose this painting because it just looks bizarre (and I like a challenge!)
Additional Sources:
peaches: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37884983@N03/3770586176/ thanks La Grande Farmers' Market
grapes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewgriff/4337937383/ thanks EmmGee
squirrel: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sciurus-vulgaris_hernandeangelis_stockholm_2008-06-04.jpg thanks Hernan de Angelis
hinge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/machinemade/4001141784/ thanks Machine Made
Shutter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/okkamocha/3509556580/ thanks okkamocha
wall: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonf/4774952039/ thanks j-fi
tablecloth: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinnerseries/6105672139/ thanks Dinner Series
brown leaf: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9258photo/1681148630/ thanks sally9258
grape leaf: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarboxje/7106389943/ thanks tarboxje
grape leaf: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theogeo/1700490282/ thanks theogeo
asparagus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37884983@N03/3601024301/ thanks La Grande Farmers' Market
Bowl: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingstongal/2473779170/ thanks Napanee Gal
berries: http://www.flickr.com/photos/julochka/7416344158/ thanks julochka
basket: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoer/1102064855/ thanks zoer
purple grapes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zest-pk/923930277/ thanks Zest-pk
plums: http://www.flickr.com/photos/farmanac/7428044172/ thanks Farmanac
kingfisher: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toekneewood/7032011491/ thanks toekneewood
Apologies for using so many sources. I have pasted them onto one page in my SBS to make it easier!
(5 years and 2464 days ago)
- 1: monkey1 thanks Arno & Louise Wildlife
- 2: monkey2 thanks Arno & Louise Wildlife
- 3: monkey3 thanks Rene Mensen
- 4: hare 1 thanks 4028mdk09
- 5: hare 2 thanks Walter Siegmund
- 6: cat thanks Mel B.
- 7: pheasant thanks nottsexminer
- 8: dead bird thanks jamescastle
- 9: dead bird thanks akeg
- 10: artichokes thanks lorises
Nicely done, author. Good luck. 
Wow! Great work of art! This must have taken forever!
Thanks photogirl723. I did go into a panic yesterday when there seemed to be no end in sight!
wow you are amazing this is so great wonderful job
Thanks Shipleygirl!
Great hunting! And perfect placement. Uncanny. (also, sympathy, i am currently in the same kind of panic)
Thanks Galena!
Outstanding work!
Thank you CMYK46!
This is something AMAZING! Lots of work..... good job! Good luck!
Thanks for comments and fave George55!
Great choice of sources, with an excellent result!
Thanks Vertigo!
Reminds me of the Restaurant Scenes from the movie Orlando, whoo hooo
Haven't seen that one, but Babette's Feast came to mind!
The Cook the thief his wife and her lover LOL (Orlando is more of a Twilda Swinton vehicle) LOL
Incredible outcome author, i'm sure it took a while to be done! Good luck!
Thanks Roberto
Lots of work but a terrific entry... just beautiful!
Thank you very much Spaceranger
Got to have lot of endurance and a very creative mind to get a result like this. Excellent Job author!
Thanks bcabilan. Definitely needed endurance to upload all the sources!
Fabulous work, author! And what a sleuth to find all those images and still get the final piece done in time.
Thank you pearlie
Congratulations! Great work recreating the image (title keeps reading as Still Life with Nice Hot Cup of Tea, and that's also great
)
Congratulations Valerie, sublime work!
CONGRATS!!!
Congrats Valerie, a really great piece!!
Congratulations..... good work!
Thanks everyone for congrats. And thanks to robvdn for great contest theme - hope it makes a reappearance at some stage.....so many ideas!
Congrats Valerie
very nicely done
Howdie stranger!
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