Still Life with Peacock Pie by Pieter Claesz

11/18/23 • 11 min

Just in time for Thanksgiving, we take a look at this sumptuous feast by one of the stars of still-life painting, Pieter Claesz. We'll find out three hints that tell us who might have owned this fabulous artwork and the amazing connection between the Dutch and one of your favorite ballpark treats!

If you want to follow along, you can find it here on the Gallery's site.

SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music “Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III Allegro” composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Performed by John Harrison. Courtesy of musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

“Meadow Waltz” by Keys of Moon Music https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon/meadow-waltz-classical-piano-orchestra-free-download

“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” performed by Kevin MacLeod https://www.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100313

Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.132271.html

Artist information https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.18426.html

“Pieter Claesz : Master of Haarlem Still Life” by P. Biesboer, Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2004.

History of still life https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-still-life-painting-definition/

“The Dutch Gamepiece” by Scott A. Sullivan

Dutch cuisine “The Sensible Cook : Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World” by Peter G. Rose. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 1989.

For a transcript, visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2825

If you want to follow along, you can find it here on the Gallery's site.

SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

“Meadow Waltz” by Keys of Moon Music https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon/meadow-waltz-classical-piano-orchestra-free-download

“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” performed by Kevin MacLeod https://www.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100313

Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.132271.html

Artist information https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.18426.html

“Pieter Claesz : Master of Haarlem Still Life” by P. Biesboer, Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2004.

History of still life https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-still-life-painting-definition/

“The Dutch Gamepiece” by Scott A. Sullivan

Dutch cuisine “The Sensible Cook : Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World” by Peter G. Rose. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 1989.

For a transcript, visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2825

Previous Episode

Childhood by Thomas Cole

In today’s episode we’re looking at “Childhood” by Thomas Cole. It’s the first of a series of enormous paintings he did called “The Voyage of Life.”

We’ll find out how Cole used this series to push the boundaries of landscape painting from just pretty pictures to something much more meaningful. And we’ll learn why the Gallery’s version isn’t the original!

SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music: “Scenes from Childhood,” Op. 15, Robert Schumman https://musopen.org/music/2326-scenes-from-childhood-op-15/

“His Last Share of the Stars” by Doctor Turtle https://doctorturtle.bandcamp.com/album/free-turtle-archive-everything-cc-by-by-turtle

Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.52450.html

https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/cole-the-voyage-of-life-childhood.html

https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-19th-century-part-1.pdf

Thomas Cole information https://thomascole.org/biography-of-thomas-cole/

https://thomascole.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PDF-for-Website-2022.pdf

Thomas Cole National Historic Site https://thomascole.org/

For a transcript visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2804

Next Episode

The Nativity by Petrus Christus

Merry Christmas! For this year’s holiday episode we're looking at this kind of unusual Nativity scene jammed packed with the detail those Northern European Renaissance artists just loved!

We’ll find out how the birth of Christ went from early spring to late December, the story of the arch, and the mystery of the missing gold platter!

SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” opening theme is "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and the closing music is “Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella” performed by John Sayles http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/holidaymusic.htm

Episode music:

“Away in a Manger” and “Angels We Have Heard on High” performed by John Sayles http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/holidaymusic.htm

“Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Teller of the Tales” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.47.html

“Early Netherlandish Painting” https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/early-netherlandish-painting.pdf

“Petrus Christus: Renaissance Master of Bruges” https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Petrus_Christus_Renaissance_Master_of_Bruges

“Petrus Christus in Renaissance Bruges : An Interdisciplinary Approach” https://archive.org/details/petruschristusin0000unse/page/167/mode/1up

How Dec. 25 became Christmas The Christmas Story in Art

https://www.history.com/news/why-is-christmas-celebrated-on-december-25

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/12/25/why-is-christmas-on-dec-25-a-brief-history-lesson-that-may-surprise-you/

Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2865