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...“Whether you are a king or beggar, the end of each man is the same,” says Mr Gastou....
...Metaphysical art — Dutch vanitas paintings, Andrew Marvell’s and George Herbert’s poetry, Rembrandt’s painterly transformations — would become a glory of Protestant countries in the 17th century....
...Two feasting tables laden with fruits and flowers — a vanitas painting writ large — provide a dazzling backdrop for the early scenes, but as Saul descends into madness — a progression that is by turns comedic...
...She did not plan to travel to Baltimore but has sent several DoJ representatives to the city this week, including Vanita Gupta, head of the civil rights division....
...William III, as king of both England and Scotland, issued a decree to all his crown colonies from Canada to Barbados that there was to be no trade with the uppity Scots and no assistance....
...Vervoordt’s passion for intriguing Kunstkammer curiosities and vanitas items was inspired by the taste of the legendary antiquaire Nicolas Landau (1887-1979), but his genius was to make such objects accessible...
...His taste was honed on YBA conceptualism, and it has been inescapable in every Kings Road exhibition that his own eye is incomparably more astute for installations than for paintings....
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