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During the later part of the 1700s, fruit still lifes were extremely popular, and a basket of plums was a common motif. In Vallayer's painting the details, especially the plums and the basket, emerge from deep shadows. The colors are vivid reds and violets and a sense of immediacy is invoked by the growing moss, the cakes in their crisp papers, and the glass of water with its sparkling highlights and reflections.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Anne_Vallayer-Coster" class="extiw" title="w:en:Anne Vallayer-Coster"><span title="French painter (1744-1818)">Anne Vallayer-Coster</span></a>
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1769<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1769-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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