Beuckelaer Joachim The Four Elements: Air

'The Four Elements: Air. A Poultry Market with the Prodigal Son in the Background',


1570


by Joachim Beuckelaer


Different kinds of fowl are offered for sale, some still alive in large wicker baskets, others dead and ready for plucking. On the platter in the centre of the foreground are rabbits, and to either side eggs in a basket and stacks of cheeses. In the middle of the composition, at a distance, the prodigal son is shown leaning debauchedly against a woman.





See also: Beuckelaer Joachim The Four Elements: Earth.
Beuckelaer Joachim The Four Elements: Water
Beuckelaer Joachim The Four Elements: Fire.

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