French School (c. 1870) - The Wasp

- Oil on canvas. Original canvas. Closed.

- Behold the aristocracy of the air, that diplomatic body with striped uniforms that, with a rudeness only comparable to its buzz, decides which fruit is worthy of the royal table and which must remain for the crowd. Do not look for the wasp in the rough quince nor in the cardboard apple that decorates the fruit bowl of the listless; she, with the nose of a diamond taster, deigns only to orbit the pure nectar.

- Image dimensions without frame: 45 x 54 cm / 60 x 70 cm with exclusive custom frame.

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