De Neufville was alluding to the ancient Greek painter Zeuxis, who painted grapes so realistically that birds flew down to try to eat them. Such superfluity was vexing, to birds and poet alike.

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A traveling exhibition resurrects Rachel Ruysch, an ambitious Dutch painter (and two-time lottery winner) whose intricate still lifes still stun.