cma-european-art: Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables and Fruit, Jacob van Hulsdonck , c. 1615-16
cma-european-art: Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables and Fruit, Jacob van Hulsdonck , c. 1615-1620, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and SculptureThis expansive composition depicts a table laid with an abundance of foods and decorative table wares ranging from a humble red earthenware trencher to delicate Chinese porcelain bowls, an expensive luxury made possible by international trade. Although all of the foodstuffs in Jacob van Hulsdonck’s painting were available in the Netherlands, for a viewer in the 1600s the quantity and variety of delicacies depicted would have represented an ideal—a utopian world without scarcity or hunger. A crumpled napkin, overturned glass, and some partially eaten food give the sense that diners have just left the table, allowing some intrepid insects to explore the remains. The bold colors and precise detail that make Hulsdonck’s painting so engaging may have been influenced by the work of Ambrosius Bosschaert, another still life painter whose work is in the CMA’s collection.Size: 71.5 x 104 cm (28 1/8 x 40 15/16 in.)Medium: Oil on panel, the reverse prepared with gessohttps://clevelandart.org/art/2018.258 -- source link