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- Reference number
- P01798
- Author
- Teniers, David (Flemish)
- Title
- The Kitchen
- Chronology
- 1643
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 35 cm x 50 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
This is a singular example of David
Tenier's indoor scenes. The kitchen
or tavern utensils so common in his
other works are completed here with
a magnificent show of diverse fruit
and vegetables. This converts the
right part of the composition into
a still life. On the left, a
character shells mussels, a
traditional foodstuff in the Low
Countries, while another group
works beside the fireplace.
There is an appreciable evolution
in the artist's way of approaching
these indoor scenes, with greater
use of color, as can be seen in the
main figure's hat and cap, and in
the vegetables. Teniers also
replaces the dark tonality of
previous works with a greater
presence of light and highlights on
the brilliant colors.
This work, of which there are other
versions, can be dated thanks to
the drawing in the background.
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