Cleveland Museum of Art
Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit
Jacob van Hulsdonck
- Date
- c. 1615–20
- Medium
- Oil on panel, the reverse prepared with gesso
- Culture
- Flanders
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Jacob van Hulsdonck depicted a colorful array of foods, and tablewares ranging from an earthenware trencher to delicate Chinese porcelain—an expensive luxury made possible by international trade. For seventeenth-century viewers, the quantity and variety of foods would have represented a utopian world without scarcity or hunger. Partially eaten food and an overturned glass suggest that diners have just departed, leaving insects to explore the remains. Hulsdonck thoughtfully included condiments here: butter, lemon, parsley for the trotters, and a dab of mustard for the ham.
The authoritative record is held by Cleveland Museum of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Cleveland Museum of Art and other institutions.
Still Life with Lemons, Oranges, and a Pomegranate
Getty Museum
Still Life with Game, Vegetables, Fruit, and a Cockatoo
Getty Museum
Still Life with Vegetables, Partridge, and a Jug
Cleveland Museum of Art
Still Life
Art Institute of Chicago
Still Life with Fruits, Foliage and Insects
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Still Life with Fish, Vegetables, Gougères, Pots, and Cruets on a Table
Getty Museum
Still Life
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Wine, Cheese, and Fruit
Art Institute of Chicago
Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market
Art Institute of Chicago
Still-Life with Crayfish, Oysters, and Fruit
Cleveland Museum of Art
Still Life
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Breakfast Still Life
Art Institute of Chicago