The Fat Kitchen and the Lean Kitchen
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The Fat Kitchen[1] and the The Lean Kitchen[2] is a set of two engravings by Flemish engraver Pieter van der Heyden after a design by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
The prints show two meals, one of which overflows with food and is populated by fat diners, while in the other the emaciated guests squabble over a few meagre scraps.
- "Representations of the fat kitchen and its converse, the lean kitchen, had become popular in the sixteenth century. Images emphasized the humorous juxtapositions between the two, as well as calls for moderation in the face of overindulgence." --Jan Miense Molenaer: Painter of the Dutch Golden Age
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See also
- Beer Street and Gin Lane
- La dispute du gras et du maigre
- The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (1559) a painting by Pieter Bruegel.
- Carnival and Lenten
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