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. Object Type: painting. Genre: inverted still-life. Date: 1551. Place of creation: Netherlands. Dimensions: height: 115.6 cm (45.5 in) ; width: 168.9 cm (66.4 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: North Carolina Museum of Art. A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms - Pieter Aertsen - Google Cultural Institute
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