Domestic chores, and in particular those connected with feeding the family, were carried out by women during the modern period. The scene in Frans Snyders’s studio shows a pantry with an infinite variety of meats: swans, fawns, wild boar, peacocks, rabbits and even fish. In addition, various fruits and vegetables are distributed in the background of the composition. The pantry, with its wealth of variety, makes the viewer think that he is in a privileged position in front of the great variety of meat, where dogs and cats fight for the best piece of meat. However, it should be put in its context as a vanity piece of decoration.
Collection: Images
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XVII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on canvas (189 x 254 cm)
Source: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Language: Spanish
Date: 17th century
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: P001765
Copyright: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Abstract: Cook in a bulging larder portrayed by Snyders
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