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The Cook

1574 · Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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In the background a biblical scene (Mary in the house of Martha) can be seen. Beuckelaer was a pupil of his uncle Pieter Aertsen. This painting shows some similarities with the paintings of Aertsen.

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The Cook

About the Artist

Joachim Beuckelaer

1530 – 1574

Netherlandish painter of large still lifes, market and kitchen pieces - active in Antwerp. Beuckelaer was the nephew and pupil of Pieter Aertsen, and he followed his uncle's preference for scenes in which a religious subject is relegated to the background by the still life or genre content ( The Cook, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). He seems to have been the first painter to depict fish stalls.

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