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Kitchen Still-Life – Schooten
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 14 2012
Floris Gerritsz. van Schooten 1590 – 1655? Detail: food, produce, cabbage, articho...
Still Life with Bread by Ceruti about 1750
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 14 2012
Giacomo Ceruti 1698 – 1767 It’s bread week on Siftingthepast in honor of the new bre...
Fishmonger’s stall – Nebot 1737
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 11 2012
Balthazar Nebot, active 1730-1762 from the Yale Center for British Art Detail: fish,...
The Watercress Girl – Smith 1780
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 10 2012
John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812 from the Yale Center for British Art Detail: girl, ...
Men Loading a Boat with Barrels – Scott
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 09 2012
Samuel Scott, ca. 1702-1772 from the Yale Center for British Art Detail: boat, mast...
Hob Selling Beer at the Wake – Laguerre 1725
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 08 2012
John Laguerre, 1688-1746 from the Yale Center for British Art This painting depicts...
A New Way to Pay the National Debt – Gillray 1796
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 07 2012
James Gillray 1756 – 1815 It’s a left over from wheelbarrow week. It is caricature...
The Barber’s Shop – Laroon 1769
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 04 2012
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679-1772 from the Yale Center for British Art Detail:...
Monmouth Cap – Chaudet 1799
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 03 2012
Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763–1810) Sometimes in a picture you only see one thing but i...
London Cries, A Lace Seller – Sandby 1759
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 02 2012
Paul Sandby, 1731-1809, from Yale Center for British Art Detail: lace, stick, bed ja...
Breakfast of a Young Man – Slingelandt
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 01 2012
Pieter Cornelisz. van Slingelandt 1640 – 1691 Don’t tell this guy that the “sandwich”...
Still life with Ebony Chest – Pereda 1652
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 30 2012
Antonio de Pereda 1611 – 1678 Would you like a snack? Detail: chest, keys, cups, ...
The Fat Kitchen – Steen 1668
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 27 2012
Jan Steen 1626 – 1679 Detail: hearth, fireplace, dripping pan, gridiron, meat, cook...
The Gossips – Scott before 1772
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 26 2012
Samuel Scott 1702-1772 from Yale Center for British Art Detail: basket, hats, shoes...
An Encampment in St. James Park – Sandby 1780
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 25 2012
Paul Sandby, 1731-1809 from Yale Center for British Art Are you getting ready for ev...
Still Life – Hoogstraten 1666
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 24 2012
Samuel van Hoogstraten 1627 – 1678 The realism of this type of painting is just stu...
London Cries, A Man Swaggering – Sandby
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 23 2012
Paul Sandby, 1731-1809, from Yale Center for British Art It looks like another one of...
The Encampment on Blackheath MDCCLXXX – Sandby 1783
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 20 2012
Paul Sandby 1731 – 1809 Day 5 of wheelbarrow week and this one is a Duesy. Click o...