Still Life with Shells

Title	Still Life with Shells
Artist	Willem Kalf
Date	1653 17th century
Classification	painting by Willem Kalf, Mauritshuis
Holding institution	Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Credit line	Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Mineralogy & geology

About this artwork

“Still Life with Shells” is a work by Willem Kalf, dated 1653. It is classified as painting by willem kalf, mauritshuis. In this archive it sits within the mineralogy & geology tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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The artist

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Made available through the Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.

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