Pieter Aertsen

1508–1575 · Mannerism

Pieter Aertsen, called Lange Piet because of his height, was a Dutch painter in the style of Northern Mannerism. He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still life and genre painting and often also includes a biblical scene in the background. He was active in his native city Amsterdam but also worked for a long period in Antwerp, then the centre of artistic life in the Netherlands.

40 paintings

• Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1550)
• Peasants by the Hearth (1556)
• Cleansing of the Temple (1550)
• Houten triptiek met 'De geboorte van Christus' (1560)
• The kitchen maid (1559)
• Ecce Homo (1537)
• The Parable of the Royal Wedding (1572)
• Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (1560)
• Market scene with Christ and the woman taken in adultery (1600)
• Two Women Cooking (1562)
• Market Scene (1569)
• The pancake bakery (1560)
• Worship of the Statue of Nebuchadnezzar (1560)
• Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1553)
• After the harvest (1568)
• The Fat Kitchen. An Allegory (1570)
• A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (1551)
• The Bearing of the Cross (1549)
• The Egg-girl (1573)
• The Stallholders (1550)
• Christ in the house of Martha and Mary (1560)
• Christian deeds of mercy (1575)
• Ecce Homo (1549)
• The Cook (1559)
• Butcher's Stall with the Flight into Egypt (1551)
• The Return from a Pilgrimage to Saint Anthony (1549)
• Young woman, carrying a child on her shoulder
• Christ carrying the cross (1552)
• Market Woman at the Vegetable Stall (1567)
• Trader in Game (1561)
• The Four Evangelists (1562)
• Market Scene (1560)
• Christ with Mary and Martha (1552)
• The Crucifixion (1549)
• The Egg Dance (1552)
• Left wing of a triptych with the adoration of the magi and the presentation in the temple (1562)
• Kitchen scene (1560)
• The Healing of the cripple of Bethesda (1575)
• The Adoration of the Magi (1560)
• Det fede køkken. En allegori. ("Voluptas Carnis") (1565-1575)