Flanders / c. 1615–20
Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit as painting (Flanders · c. 1615–20).
Hulsdonck thoughtfully included condiments here: butter, lemon, parsley for the trotters, and a dab of mustard for the ham.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as Oil on panel, the reverse prepared with gesso and credits Jacob van Hulsdonck (Flemish, 1582–1647).
The museum's collection notes: Jacob van Hulsdonck depicted a colorful array of foods, and tablewares ranging from an earthenware trencher to delicate Chinese porcelain—an expensive luxury made possible by international trade. For seventeenth-century viewers, the quantity and variety of foods would have represented a utopian world without scarcity or hunger. Partially eaten food and an overturned glass suggest that diners have just departed, leaving insects to explore the remains.
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
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