19 August 2017

Joachim Beuckelaer (follower). Kitchen Scene, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the background (‘Keukenstuk, met op de achtergrond Jezus bij Martha en Maria’), 1569 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).



Oil on wood: 110 x 140.5 cm. Now considered a copy after Beuckelaer. Contemporaries would look for hidden erotic meaning in paintings like these. Apparently the cabbage was a symbol of female sexuality.

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More > Joachim Beuckelaer at Wikipedia.