# A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (The Butcher’s Stall)

- By: Pieter Aertsen
- Date: 1551
- Classification: Painting
- Credit line: Google Arts & Culture — fgF8j5tB3UFgAg
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Meat_Stall_with_the_Holy_Family_Giving_Alms_-_Pieter_Aertsen_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A_Meat_Stall_with_the_Holy_Family_Giving_Alms_-_Pieter_Aertsen_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/1920px-A_Meat_Stall_with_the_Holy_Family_Giving_Alms_-_Pieter_Aertsen_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg
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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