AERTSEN, Pieter (b. 1508, Amsterdam, d. 1575, Amsterdam) Butcher's Stall 1551 Oil on wood, 124 x 169 cm University Art Collection, Uppsala In the 16th and 17th centuries it was quite common for theologians to see a slaughtered animal as symbolizing the death of a believer. Allusions to the 'weak flesh' (cf. Matthew 16:41) may well have been associated with Aertsen's Butcher's Stall where - like on his fruit and vegetable stalls - a seemingly infinite abundance of meat has been spread out. In the foreground tables, pots, plates, a barrel, some wickerwork chairs and baskets serve as
AERTSEN, Pieter (b. 1508, Amsterdam, d. 1575, Amsterdam) Butcher's Stall 1551 Oil on wood, 124 x 169 cm University Art Collection, Uppsala In the 16th and 17th centuries it was quite common for theologians to see a slaughtered animal as symbolizing the death of a believer. Allusions to the 'weak flesh' (cf. Matthew 16:41) may well have been associated with Aertsen's Butcher's Stall where - like on his fruit and vegetable stalls - a seemingly infinite abundance of meat has been spread out. In the foreground tables, pots, plates, a barrel, some wickerwork chairs and baskets serve as supports and containers for huge hunks of meat, pig's trotters, soups, chains of sausages hanging down and freshly slaughtered poultry. In the background there is an open, shingle-roofed studded stable with a pole from which further pieces of meat are suspended, including a pig's head, a twisted sausage and some lard. Through the stable we can see a garden scene. On the right, in the middle ground, a farmer is filling a large jug, and behind him we can see a slaughtered and gutted pig, a motif which Beuckelaer also used as an independent motif, as did Rembrandt later (where the animal is a slaughtered ox). --- Keywords: -------------- Author: AERTSEN, Pieter Title: Butcher's Stall Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Flemish Form: painting Type: still-life
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