Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)

A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (detail) Butcher's Stall

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Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation

Abstract

Pieter Aertsen was one of the first artists to paint "inverted still lifes," works in which the still-life elements are placed prominently in the foreground, while the narrative elements are relegated to the background. A Meat Stall is Aertsen's masterpiece in this genre. A feast for the mind as well as the eyes, this remarkably executed painting abounds with rich symbolism. The juxtaposition of the precisely rendered meats and other foods with the Holy Family in the background symbolically links food for the body with the spiritual "bread of life"- food for the soul, represented by the Christ child and the bread, offered by Mary to the poor family.

Keywords

Uppsala, Sweden, Antwerp, Belgium, Style: Dutch Northern Renaissance, School: Northern Renaissance, Movement: Renaissance, Dutch, Painting;, Painting

Geographic Location

Uppsala, Sweden; Antwerp, Belgium

Type

StillImage

Rights

This material is licensed by USF Libraries for the research and teaching needs of USF students, staff, and faculty only. See: https://lib.usf.edu/collections-and-discovery/collection-management/user-terms/

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Media Type

Paintings; Pictures

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Identifier

A01-LHF0112

A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (detail) Butcher's Stall

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