Pieter AertsenDutch, 1508–1575Kitchen Scene
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
In the museum's own words — in Dutch
Keukenstuk met verschillende personen temidden van groenten, vruchten, brood, gevogelte en vis. Vooraan een hond, op de achtergrond een spinnende vrouw bij de haard.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- SK-A-2398
What it shows
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Meanwhile, in the life of Pieter Aertsen
The whole life1550s
Invents the monumental genre scene
Having begun with religious works, in the 1550s Aertsen developed scenes in which furniture, cooking utensils and food are rendered with great flair and realism in the foreground, while the biblical subject is barely noticeable in the background; his peasant scenes preceded Pieter Bruegel the Elder's by a few years. His workshop trained Stradanus and his nephews Joachim and Huybrecht Beuckelaer.
1556–1575 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1558
Son born: Dirk Pietersz
1563
Again becomes a burgher of Amsterdam
In 1563 Aertsen once again became a burgher of Amsterdam, where he lived until his death.
