# Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit

**Jacob van Hulsdonck** (Flemish, 1582–1647)  
c. 1615–20  
Oil on panel, the reverse prepared with gesso  
71.5 x 104 cm (28 1/8 x 40 15/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2018.258. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.258).

## About this work

Jacob van Hulsdonck depicted a colorful array of foods, and tablewares ranging from an earthenware trencher to delicate Chinese porcelain—an expensive luxury made possible by international trade. For seventeenth-century viewers, the quantity and variety of foods would have represented a utopian world without scarcity or hunger. Partially eaten food and an overturned glass suggest that diners have just departed, leaving insects to explore the remains.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

Jacob van Hulsdonck painted this in about 1615–20, aged about 33. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Jacob van Hulsdonck](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jacob-van-hulsdonck)

Flemish, 1582–1647

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Flanders
- The artist was about 33
- Real size: about 28 × 41 in (72 × 104 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 18 × 24 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 17th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

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