Tag: Feast

Saturday in the Museum with Jan

December 18, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Image: Jan Steen, Feast of St. Nicholas (1665-1668). For our last art post before we take a break for Christmas travel, we stay in the low countries.  This year we have focused on the art of feasts and communal dining, and this week’s piece fits that pattern. The legend of St. Nicholas, a Greek bishop […]

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Saturday in the Museum with Jan

December 11, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Image: Jan Miense Molenaer, The King Drinks (1636-1637) Last Saturday for our weekly art post, we highlighted a painting of the Roman feast of Saturnalia, one of the winter solstice feasts that were incorporated into modern Christmas.  This weekend’s painting advances the story a few hundred years. Following on the Saturnalia idea of turning the power […]

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Saturday in the Museum with Paolo

June 26, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Image: Paolo Veronese, The Wedding at Cana (1562-63). Oil on canvas. We here at 17° Cork by Northwest concentrate on the D.C. dining scene on most days, but on Saturday we like to post something about art, albeit often it is art connected to food.  This weekend, probably like many in the coming weeks, we […]

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