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Fat Kitchen
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Fat Kitchen

Pieter van der Heyden · 1563 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Kitchen interior in which a group of fat people indulge in all kinds of food and drink. On the right, cooking and roasting takes place in the fireplace. In the foreground on the left, two children playing with food, and in the middle a drinking woman breastfeeding a child, on the right a drinking monk or priest. In the background, a poor, thin man with a bagpipe is being driven out of the door. Below the image, a two-line verse in French and in Dutch. Subject categories within the Atlas Customs and Manners: Customs and Manners in a Narrower Sense, The Dwelling, Interior Houses, Kitchens.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVette keuken. 1563. Pieter van der Heyden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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