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Food in Late Period
Here's some proof from period paintings by Joachim Beuckelaer (active 1560 to 1574 in Antwerp, detail oriented, and food market obsessed) of what you could get to eat in late period, in one city of the European world.
‘The Four Elements: Earth. A Fruit and Vegetable Market with the Flight into Egypt in the Background’
dated: 1569
Joachim Beuckelaer
(active 1560 to 1574)
NG 6585. Bought, 2001.
Signed and dated.
Can you see the Carrots (orange), Parsnips(white), Watermelons, Head Lettuce, Apples, Pears, Grapes, Peaches, Snap Beans, Artichokes, Cauliflower, Cherries, Head Cabbages, Romaine and Pink Romaine Lettuce, Parsnips, Cucumbers, and Garlic?
And THAT's a period turkey...
‘The Four Elements: Fire.
NG 6588. Bought, 2001.
Signed and dated.
Joachim Beuckelaer,
Vorratskammer mit Christus in Emmaus, um 1566, Kat.-Nr. 53
BEUCKELAER, Joachim
Flemish painter (b. 1530, Antwerpen, d. 1574, Antwerpen)
Market Scene
BEUCKELAER, Joachim (b. 1530, Antwerpen, d. 1574, Antwerpen)
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Note Romaine Lettuce, snap beans, cherries, artichokes.
See detail below.
Detail from: Market Scene
BEUCKELAER, Joachim
Flemish painter (b. 1530, Antwerpen, d. 1574, Antwerpen)
Oil on wood, 113 x 81,5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Market Woman with Fruit, Vegetables and Poultry
1564
BEUCKELAER, Joachim
Flemish painter (b. 1530, Antwerpen, d. 1574, Antwerpen)
Oil on oak, 118 x 170,5 cm
Staatliche Museen, Kassel
His paintings
are all signed and dated, which gives us a specifically nailed down time
and place. I'll admit, seeing that turkey in the meat market was
a bit of a shock to me, but this source is hard to argue with.