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Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit

c. 1615–20

Jacob van Hulsdonck

(Flemish, 1582–1647)
Culture
Flanders
Medium
Oil on panel, the reverse prepared with gesso
Measurements
71.5 x 104 cm (28 1/8 x 40 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn 2018.258
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Location
213 Dutch Painting
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Did You Know?

Hulsdonck thoughtfully included condiments here: butter, lemon, parsley for the trotters, and a dab of mustard for the ham.

Description

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.
A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a table crowded with food, at the center of which a dark ham sits on a platter beside yellow butter curls on a blue-and-white plate. At left, a wicker basket overflows with artichokes and fruit above a sliced fish on a red plate. At right, three animal trotters rest on a pewter dish beside red grapes and a bowl of berries. A white, damask tablecloth covers the surface.

Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit

c. 1615–20

Jacob van Hulsdonck

(Flemish, 1582–1647)
Flanders

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