ART INSPIRED BY FOOD

THE LAST SUPPER, a mural by Leonardo da VINCI, painted in tempera on stone, around 1495/6 in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria 
delle Grazie in Milan. It measures 15 feet by 29 feet. 

Historical & biblical records indicate the menu may have included 
bread, wine, fish, olive oil, honey, dried apricots and figs. 

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STILL LIFE WITH HAM, LOBSTER AND FRUIT, 75 x 105 cm painted in oil on canvas circa 1653 by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de HEEM.

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

Heem was the inventor of the “sumptuous” still life, this one with 
rutilant lobster, succulently translucent grapes, soft, meaty ham 
and all the beautifully captured textures of the peeled orange: 
juiciness, pithiness and thick, dimpled skin.

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SUMMER, oil on wooden panel 67 x 51cm, painted by Italian artist

Giuseppe ARCIMBOLDO in 1563. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

With her peachy cheek, cherry lips, peapod teeth, artichoke heart and the artist’s signature woven into her oaten collar along with the date, “Summer” is a beautiful and fun food painting.

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ART, FOOD, ARCIMBOLDO, DA VINCI, DE HEEM