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Tagged With: cooking

The Pancake Cook by Adriaan de Lelie

Adriaan de Lelie (1755-1820) For more detail, Kevin and I go talk about this painting in this video.   Detail: tea pot, hearth, tile floor, ladies shoe, foot warmer, fry pan, large jar, basket, plate, apples, onions, table , rag, pitcher, cook, servant, simple servants clothing, apron, mens hat,  smoking pipe, fire lighter, ember bowl, … Continue reading »

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The parrot cage by Jan Steen 1665

Jan Steen (  1626 – 1679  ) The quality of this image is very good, but I just wanted to point our the raised hearth for those folks interested. Detail: raised hearth, cooking, food, cook pot, chair, table, backgammon, bird, parrot, bird cage, boy, barrel, metal basin, smoking pipe, jug

Categories: 17th Century, Dutch, Painting | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Les Apprêts d’un déjeuner – Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié

Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié (1735–1784) Detail: cabbage, onion, brazier, redware pot, pot lid, bench, dark lantern, bottle, basket, food, cooking

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Market at Covent Garden – Pieter Angillis 1726

Pieter Angillis ( 1685 – 1734 )  form the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection Detail: market, produce, dog, cart, wheel barrow, baskets, hawkers, children, food, cooking, street sellers, platter, griddle

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The maid in the kitchen – Justus Juncker

Justus Juncker (1703-1767) Yes, I too make my maid work in her pearls. Detail: candle stick, redware fry pan, copper kettle, basket, lettuce, plate, bottle, bucket, bowl,  raised hearth, chair, women’s clothing, mortar pestle, pearls, earings, kitchen, fire, cooking

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The Welsh Curate – Hearne

Thomas Hearne, 1744-1817 Detail: bed, bench, bowls, shoes, breeches, coat, hat, knife, potatoes, cup, fire, fireplace, kettle, S-hook, wig

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The Encampment on Blackheath MDCCLXXX – Sandby 1783

Paul Sandby  1731 –  1809 Day 5 of wheelbarrow week and this one is a Duesy.  Click on the picture and get the close-up, I promise you will find something interesting. Detail: wheelbarrow, children, doll, dog,  wagon, horse, soldier, mill, burrow, basket, fire, cook-pot, cooking, tent, vendor,  drum, waggoner, cards, duck, camp follower, military camp … Continue reading »

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A Lady at the Hearth by Pehr Hilleström

Pehr Hilleström (18 November 1732 – 13 August 1816) I thought this picture would be a great one with which to get started.   Pehr Hilleström painted in the late 18th century Sweden, by the looks of her outfit this might be 1790’s or so.  It has any number of great details to study: a raised … Continue reading »

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