Marten van Cleve I, and Studio Antwerp circa 1527 - before 24 November 1581

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Description

Marten van Cleve I
the fat kitchen
oil on panel, the reverse with brand of the City of Antwerp

Provenance

By tradition in the collection of the family of the present owner since early in the last century.

Catalogue Note

Many of the figures in this composition are derived from Hieronymous Cock's reproductive engraving after Pieter Bruegel the Elder and published by Pieter van der Heyden in 1563 under the title La Cuisine Grasse, together with its pendant La Cuisine Maigre (`The lean kitchen') (for which see R. van Bastelaer, Les estampes de Peter bruegel l'Ancien, Brussels 1908, plates 154 and 159).