# The Well-Stocked Kitchen [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BEUCKELAER, Joachim]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on panel, 171 x 250 cm ## Commentary In this well-stocked kitchen, in which the disciples Peter and John are keeping themselves busy, the preparation for the meal are dominated by two preoccupied cooks. Beuckelaer concentrated mainly on the convincing imitation of textures: textiles, vegetables, fruit, poultry and other foods. In his perfectionism he can be considered the forerunner of the 17th-century masters of still-life. In the background of the painting is the story of Christ in the house of Martha and Mary. ## Related artworks - [Christ in the House of Martha and Mary]() - [Christ on the Cross]() - [Kitchen Interior]() - [Market Peasants]() - [Market Scene \(detail\)]() - [Market Scene]() - [Market Scene]() - [Market Woman with Fruit, Vegetables and Poultry \(detail\)]() - [Market Woman with Fruit, Vegetables and Poultry]() - [Slaughtered Pig]() - [The Cook]() - [The Flight into Egypt]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()