A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (The Butcher’s Stall)
1551
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- Painting
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- Google Arts & Culture — fgF8j5tB3UFgAg
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- Public domain, as the museum states it.
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About this work
Holy Family distributing alms on their journey to Egypt to escape from Herod's harassment. Various foods – plates in the foreground, meats, ham, lard, smoked fish, pigs' legs and head, bread, butter, milk, cheese and hanging pretzels (in the left corner) – that has been spread out in front of the viewer. The various meats, including sausages, beef, fish, fowl and pork, are arranged on wooden tables, using baskets, pots and plates. A barrel and some wickerwork chairs serve as containers for the food items
