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The taste of autumn
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Cultivation of quince may have preceded apple
culture, and many references translated to
"apple", such as the fruit in Song of Songs, may
have been a quince. Among the ancient Greeks, the
quince was a ritual offering at weddings, for it
had come from the Levant with Aphrodite and
remained sacred to her. Plutarch reported that a
Greek bride would nibble a quince to perfume her
kiss before entering the bridal chamber, "in
order that the first greeting may not be
disagreeable nor unpleasant". It was with a
quince that Paris awarded Aphrodite. It was for a
golden quince that Atalanta paused in her race.
The Romans also used quinces the Roman cookbook
of Apicius gives recipes for stewing quince with
honey, and even combining them, unexpectedly,
with leeks. Pliny the Elder mentioned the one
variety, Mulvian quince, that could be eaten raw.
Columella mentioned three, one of which, the
"golden apple" that may have been the paradisal
fruit in the Garden of the Hesperides, has
donated its name in Italian to the tomato,
pomodoro.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)
Bacchus Uffizi Firenze
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Caravaggio Bacchus Detail
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
(1571-1610) Basket of Fruit, c. 15951596
Milano, Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana
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Caravaggio Basket of Fruit, c. 15951596 Detail
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Master of Hartford, Vases of flowers and fruit on
tavolo c.1590 Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum
of Art
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Adriaen van Utrecht Banquet Still Life, 1644
Rijksmuseum
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Adriaen van Utrecht Banquet Still Life, detail
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Adriaen van Utrecht Banquet Still Life, detail
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Adriaen van Utrecht Banquet Still Life, detail
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Baltasar Gomes Figueira Josefa de
Óbidos Natureza Morta com Cardo, Marmelo e
Laranja (1650-1684), Museu de Évora
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Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664) Still Life
with Fruit and Goldfinch,  Museu Nacional d'Art
de Catalunya
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Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664) Still Life
with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose (1633) Norton
Simon Museum, Pasadena
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Balthasar van der Ast (15931657) Still life of
flowers, fruit, Shells, and insects. Birmingham
Museum of Art
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Floris van Dyck (Dutch, 1575-1651)  Still Life
with Cheeses, 1615-1620 Rijksmuseum
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Floris van Dyck (Dutch, 1575-1651)  Still Life
with Cheeses, details
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Floris van Dyck (Dutch, 1575-1651)  Still Life
with Cheeses, details
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Floris van Schooten, Still Life with Fruit and
Vegetables, with Christ at Emmaus in the
background c. 1630
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Floris van Schooten, Still Life with Fruit and
Vegetables, with Christ at Emmaus in the
background, Rijksmuseum
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Floris van Schooten, Still Life with Fruit and
Vegetables, with Christ at Emmaus in the
background, fragment
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Floris van Schooten, Still Life with Fruit and
Vegetables, with Christ at Emmaus in the
background, fragment
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Carlo Manieri (1633-1702) Natura morta
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Carlo Manieri (1633-1702) Natura morta detail
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Carlo Manieri (1633-1702) Natura morta II
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Carlo Manieri (1633-1702) Natura morta II detail
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Francesco Fieravino ( Il Maltese) Still Life
with Fruit, Plates and Dishes on a Turkey Carpet,
1650 - 1680 Rijksmuseum
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Francesco Fieravino ( Il Maltese) Still Life
(fragment)
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Fede Galizia (1578 1630) Natura morta
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Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1679) Still Life with
Fruits
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Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1679) Still Life with
Fruits
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Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1679) Still Life with
Apple and Lizard
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Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1679) Still Life with
Bowl of Citrons Getty Center
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Luis Melendez (1716-1780) Bodegon con
membrillos
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David Adolph Constant Artz, At grandmother's,
1883 Rijksmuseum
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David Adolph Constant Artz, At Grandmothers
(fragment)
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Anthony Oberman Still Life with Fruit in a
Terracotta Dish, c. 1830 Rijksmuseum
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Anthony Oberman - Still life with fruit in a
terracotta dish, detail
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Gustave Courbet Still life with apples, 1871 /
1872 Rijksmuseum
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Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Quinces lemons,
pears and grapes
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Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) Mela Calville
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