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Man and Woman at the Breakfast Table
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
On the table is a plate with a ham, cheese, and bread. For the average family, this was a typical breakfast, sometimes supplemented by fish. The woman is about to pour some beer into her flute glass. In those days, people hardly drank any water, however beer was quite popular and drunk all day long. Women dominated the trades of breadmaking and beer brewing.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMan and Woman at the Breakfast Table. 1650 - 1660. Gabriël Metsu. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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