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Scallops by Botticelli

Botticelli created this painting, the Birth of Venus, in 1485 and it hangs in the Uffizi in Florence, commissioned by Lorenzo de' Medici. The painting is made with tempera on canvas and measures 17...

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Zeebrasem & Dorade van Rysselberghe

This morning we attended the beautiful exhibition of Theo van Rysselberghe in the Singer Museum where we got inspiration from a specific painting for our evening meal. Sea bream and sea bream from ...

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Ceviche of pike-perch by Van 't Hoff

If you drive through the Alps by car or train towards Italy, you will pass the most beautiful areas around Lake Maggiore, the Piedmont and, for example, Como. Adriaan van 't Hoff has depicted that ...

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Summer fruit from Acrimboldo

Guiseppe Acrimboldo, Summer (1550)This time the Art & Food blog is about an old work that almost everyone knows and still inspires many. Arcimboldo (1527-1593) owes his contemporary fame to the...

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Stuffed Artichoke from Jean Bernard

Last summer we were in Rome. One of the specialties was stuffed artichoke. Of course we had to taste this and looked for a work of art that matched it. Actually the process of this series is revers...

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Rendang Desa by Van Velthuijzen

This lovely work by Henri Van Velthuyzen is part of our collection and requires a new home. So it is For Sale. It is a typical house in a typical Indonesian village: De Desa. Van Velthuyzen made m...

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Tortilla by Ger Gerrits

The beautiful work by Ger Gerrits is entitled 'Indian scouts pollution alarm' and is made with the primary colors of yellow, red, blue and black. It inspires us to create a dish of Tortilla with bl...

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Ligurian Pasta Pesto

This work by Borgh now hangs in our stairwell until it goes to another Italy enthusiast. The colorful, almost cubist work of Willem Borgh is a daily reminder for us of beautiful trips through Italy...

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