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"Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits and Vegetables in a Market", c. 1614 by Frans Snyders (1579-1657) - Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Note: the small strangled little birds can be seen as an example of senseless
human willingness to kill and otherwise devour nature with disregard for its
nurturing and nutritional values. Few if any organized religions have chosen
to antagonize its patrons on this subject.
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