Now at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, Italy. This painting is an Italian Baroque Masterpiece, generally considered to be a pioneering prototype of the still life genre. The striking, intricate realism of the wicker basket and its contents contrast with the muddy, abstract backdrop, creating an incredibly heightened emphasis on the former. The peculiar combination of both fresh and rotting worm-eaten ones has been interpreted to illustrate the relentless nature of time.