A dark, dramatic Baroque-style still life painting featuring a dead dove with an olive branch, a knife, and stacks of coins on a wooden table.

Baroque realist still life in the style of Francisco de Goya, dark and dramatic. Horizontal composition. On the right, a stack of six 1974 American silver dollar coins, the top coin clearly showing the obverse portrait; an additional coin leaning against the stack showing the eagle reverse. Resting prominently across the coins, leaning slightly left and falling toward the table, a Sheffield Israeli commando knife, seen in profile, metallic blade catching the light. On the left, a dead dove shown fully and entirely within the frame, complete body visible, wings spread on the wooden table, stiff legs, body lifeless, head hanging over the edge but still fully visible, holding an olive branch in its beak. Strong chiaroscuro, stained and dramatic lighting emerging from darkness, very dark background, visible wooden table. Somber, tragic, melancholic mood. Oil painting, visible brushstrokes, baroque composition, museum-quality realism. full body in frame, no cropping, all elements fully visible See more