A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms

A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms
A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms
Artist	Pieter Aertsen
Year	1551
Medium	Oil on panel
Dimensions	115.6 cm × 165 cm (3' 10" × 5' 5" )
Location	North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, US

A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms is a painting by the Netherlandish artist Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575).^[3] It was completed in 1551.^[4] A large painting, it depicts a peasant market scene, with an abundance of meats^[5] and other foods. In the background, it shows a scene from the biblical theme of the flight into Egypt,^[6] where the Virgin Mary is seen stopped on the road, giving alms to the poor.^[3] Thus, although the painting seems to be at first sight an ordinary still life concentrating on foodstuffs, it is rich with symbolism; it in fact hides a symbolic religious meaning, and embodies a visual metaphor encouraging spiritual life. Aertsen made a name for himself during the 1550s painting scenes from everyday life in a naturalistic manner.^[7]^[4]

^ "Pieter Aertsen, Meat Stall". Khan Academy. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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^ Cornel Zwierlein (2016). The Dark Side of Knowledge: Histories of Ignorance, 1400 to 1800. BRILL. p. 185. ISBN 9789004325180.
^ "Butcher's Stall with the Flight into Egypt". Webmuseum, Paris. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

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[6] Cornel Zwierlein (2016). The Dark Side of Knowledge: Histories of Ignorance, 1400 to 1800. BRILL. p. 185. ISBN 9789004325180.

[WMP-1-7] "Butcher's Stall with the Flight into Egypt". Webmuseum, Paris. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

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