The well-provided kitchen, Joachim Bueckelaer, 1566 oil on panel, h 171cm × w 250cm. More object details Not the lavish display of vegetables, fruit, meat, poultry and crockery that these kitchen maids present us with here is the painting's main theme. That is Jesus' visit to Mary and Martha, unobtrusively depicted in the background. In the contrast between foreground and background lies the painting's lesson: do not succumb to earthly temptations.
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