Carrots in
Fine Art Works - 1
Carrots have appeared in many great artworks over the years and in fact came to their rescue when plant biologists were trying to identify old species and the only records were in paintings such as these. They have been used as evidence (erroneously!) that the Dutch developed orange rooted carrots for the first time. Also illustrations of various carrot colours appeared in many illuminated manuscripts, some of the surviving examples are shown here - ancient manuscripts.
Continue the exhibition with two more pages of Carrots in Fine Art works - Page 2 Page 3
Beautiful Van Gogh drawings here.
The Miscellaneous Art Page includes other works of art.
Also check out the Romantic Carrots of Greg Warren, mis-shapen carrots turned into works of art, and then eaten!
Most of the paintings depicted has a larger, more detailed version which can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate picture. They are obviously larger files so will take a little time to download. Please be patient - they are worth it!
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It's recorded in the New Testament that the Last Supper was actually a Passover meal as celebrated by all Jewish people for thousands of years - of course Jesus and his disciples were Jewish. The Passover celebration has changed little over the centuries. Still today, one important part of the evening is tasting "maror" or horseradish. The maror is one of three items emphasised by Rabbi Gamaliel in the First Century, so it is almost certain that there would have been horseradish at what today is called the Last Supper. It is therefore very likely that what look like carrots in the fresco are actually horseradish |
The Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox
monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, dedicated to
Saint Nicholas Below, close up detail.
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 Demarktvrouw - c1590 (market scene) No detailed image available |
Vegetable and Flower Market by Arnout de Muyser
(detail below) Oil on canvas early 1600's.
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Both paintings are located in Naples, Museo e Gallerie Nazionale di Capodimonte |
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Pieter Aertsen Christ in the Home of Mary and Martha 1553 - detail
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| The Four Elements -
Earth 1569-70 Joachim Beuckelaer carrot close up here |
Still Life 1535-74 Joachim Beuckelaer |
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Gerrit Dou
(1613-1675) Young Mother Oil on canvas, 1658 Mauritshuis, The Hague |
Gerrit Dou The Grocer's Shop 1647 Oil on wood, Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| Joachim Wtewael 1566-1638 The Kitchen Maid circa 1620-25 Utrecht Centraal Museum (detail below) | Joachim Wtewael 1566-1638 The Vegetable seller 1618 Utrecht Centraal Museum (detail below) |
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| Joachim Wtewael 1605 Kitchen Scene oil on canvas, 65 x 98 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
detail of Orange carrots |
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| Author :GERRIT DOU Date :1640s Technique :Oil on wood, 36 x 27 cm Type :genre Form :painting Location :Musee du Louvre, Paris |
Detail of carrots |
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Christ in the House of Mary and MarthaOil on canvas
Martha is the personification of the busy housekeeper, the active
type, in contrast to her contemplative sister, Mary of Bethany. She
took the initiative in fetching Christ to their house when their
brother Lazarus died. She is the patroness of housewives.
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Broker Vrou anonymous ca 1560 now located in Rijksmuseum |
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Artist
Sir Nathaniel Bacon
(1585‑1627)
Title
Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit
Date
circa 1620-5
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
1510 x 2475 mm
Tate Collection
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| Quirin Gerritz van Brekelenkam c1640s - 1668 Family seated round a kitchen fire |
Levi Wells Prentice (1851-1935) Still Life with Cantaloupe, Tomatoes, and
Carrots |
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| Gerrit Dou
(1613-1675)The QuackOil on canvas, 1652 Oil on canvas, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (detail of carrots on left) |
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| Pieter Aertsen, Christ and the Adulteress 1559 Oil on wood, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt |
Joachim Beuckelaer, Market Woman with Fruit, Vegetables and Poultry 1564 Oil on oak, 118 x 170,5 cm Staatliche Museen, Kassel |
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| Juan Sanchez Cotan,
Still Life with Game Fowl,Vegetables and Fruits, Oil on canvas Prado, Museum,Madrid,1602 |
Juan Sanchez Cotan, Still-life c. 1600 Oil on canvas Hernani Collection, Madrid |
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François Boucher |
Joachim Beuckelaer, Vegetable Seller Oil on wood, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp |
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| Joachim Beuckler, Woman Selling Vegetables Oil on canvas, Rockox House, Antwerp |
Jan van Kessel, Still-life with Vegetables Oil on canvas Civic Museum, Prato |
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| Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, Peasants at the Table (El Almuerzo) c. 1620 Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
Frans Snyders, Vegetable Still-Life c. 1600 Oil on canvas, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe |
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Continue the exhibition with two more pages of Carrots in Fine Art works - Page 2 Page 3
The Miscellaneous Art Page includes other works of art.
Also check out the Romantic Carrots of Greg Warren, mis-shapen carrots turned into works of art, and then eaten!
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