Pieter Aertsen, 1575 - The Fat Kitchen. An Allegory. - fine art print

What does the original description of the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) write about this work of art from the painter Pieter Aertsen? (© Copyright - by Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) - www.smk.dk)

The table is groaning under its load of meat, fish, bread, and fresh vegetables. To the right, behind the table, a peasant stands by his family, regarding us with an eloquent look. He pointedly turns his back to what goes on in the left half of the picture where we get a glimpse of a room with two couples, one young and the other old, gathered around the fireplace.

The young man is in high spirits, raising his jug of ale as he puts his arm around the girl. The old couple stare into space with a melancholy air, making them the key to understanding the picture: it is a warning against ”voluptas carnis”, i.e. a life in the throes of the senses, leading to gluttony, drunkenness, and moral looseness.

The still life genre The still life genre was created by Pieter Aertsen in an Antwerp that was the leading commercial centre in Europe at the time. To Aertsen, the arrangements of food – the symbolism of which was explained in the figure scenes in the background – were a necessary alternative to religious painting. During the early years of his career he created a number of altarpieces that he, to his great wrath and sorrow, saw destroyed during the iconoclastic riots of the Reformation.

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In 1575 the male painter Pieter Aertsen made the work of art. This artwork forms part of the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark)'s art collection, which is the largest museum of fine arts in Denmark and is attached to the Danish Ministry of Culture.. With courtesy of - National Gallery of Denmark (public domain).Creditline of the artwork: . Furthermore, alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format and has a side ratio of 2 : 1, meaning that the length is two times longer than the width. The painter Pieter Aertsen was a European artist from the Netherlands, whose artistic style can be classified as Northern Renaissance. The European painter lived for a total of 68 years and was born in the year 1507 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands and passed away in the year 1575.

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