A painting of half-eaten pie gathering dust in an Australian school turns out to be a Dutch masterpiece worth millions:
, was created in 1940, when the younger Heda was just 17 years old.
The collections manager also pointed out a theme prominent across both artists’ work. “An interesting characteristic of Heda still lifes,” she explained, “is that there is always a plate half off the table. It’s symbolic of the transient nature of life—one minute you have comfort and pleasure, the next you can fall into bad times.”
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