Kitchen Scene, Pieter Aertsen, 1560 - 1565
Explore Pieter Aertsen’s ‘Kitchen Scene’ (1565) – a detailed oil painting of 16th-century domestic life. Admire its realism, vibrant colors & masterful technique.
Pieter Aertsen
Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575) was a Dutch Mannerist painter renowned for pioneering monumental genre scenes blending still life & biblical themes. Influential in Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting, he preceded Bruegel the Elder with realistic