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The Well-Stocked Kitchen
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The Well-Stocked Kitchen

Joachim Bueckelaer · 1566 · panel; oil paint (paint)

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

About this work

The central theme of this painting is not the profuse display of vegetables, fruit, meat, poultry and pots and pans on offer by these kitchen maids. Instead it is Christ’s visit to Mary and Martha, which is depicted inconspicuously in the background. The contrast between the foreground and the background conceals the message of the painting: do not give in to earthly temptations.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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paintingkitchen-personnel
Credit lineDe welvoorziene keuken. 1566. Joachim Bueckelaer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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