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Still life is a genre of painting that depicts inanimate objects and everyday items together. Objects such as flowers, fruits, food, tableware, musical instruments, or books are represented within an arranged composition. While still life appeared as a secondary element in medieval manuscripts and religious paintings of the Renaissance, it became an independent genre from the 16th century onward. Particularly popular in 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painting, still life attracted attention with