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Lean Kitchen
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Kitchen interior with thin people eating mussels at a table. A man stirs a pot on the fire, and in the front, a woman gives a child a drink from a drinking horn. Above, a fat man tries to escape the thin kitchen, while two thin people try to pull him back in. 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 descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMagere keuken. 1563. Pieter van der Heyden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.