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Still Life with a Turkey Pie
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Flemish painter Pieter Claesz fled to the Northern Netherlands in the beginning of the 17th century. He painted a table abounding with luxury products from all over the world: Zeeland oysters, Chinese porcelain, a nautilus shell from the Pacific Ocean, and pepper from India. Turkey originally came from North America. Along with other spices, nutmeg was used in the savoury turkey pie seen here. This popular spice was cultivatedin the Moluccas (Southeast Asia), by enslaved people.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineStill Life with a Turkey Pie. 1627. Pieter Claesz. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
