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There could be Spanish coins in Holland until Holland became independent, possibly that might be an angle. I don't know whether or how much coinage travelled between countries at that time. Given the pre-eminence of Spain it would make sense for Spanish coinage to be widespread, perhaps.
ya habsburg spain makes sense come to think of itthey wanna put their money on display so they put a bunch of meat
The thing with this whole still-life genre of painting is you're never quite sure if it's meant to be saying all this is vanity, or rather look at all this stuff we've got. The inclusion of the enigmatic chef really threw me for six in this particular case. There's no chef to be found in Josefa de Alaya's painting of the lamb, or in this typical vanitas from the Dutch School:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bb/7b/cc/bb7bcc24ff192d0779606e09d40abd58.jpg
^ This painting perhaps deserves its own poll.
https://media.mutualart.com/Images/2015_10/27/04/040630357/b6ea2fdd-d19b-41af-ad26-aec54c6065ce_570.Jpeg
i think his togs look more spanish than dutch (tho this is not my area of expertise)
It looks like a fairly standard doublet with baggy shirt underneath to me. His facial hair looks out of step with the Spanish fashion but that might just mean he isn't wealthy.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Thursday, 18 January 2018 00:22 (six years ago) link
when I saw the soup, I didn't think "look at this decadent soup made of dirty water and blood. but what is the point. we're all going to die." I thought "no way would I ever eat that dingleberry's ass-tamarind chutney."
the look on that man's face, he knew the poll would end up like this. he's offering the soup only to mock us. we are doomed to remain frozen, forever on the threshold.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 January 2018 01:28 (six years ago) link