Man and Woman at the Breakfast Table, Gabriël Metsu, 1650 - 1660
oil on canvas on panel, h 35.5cm × w 29cm × d 6cm More details
On the table is a plate with a ham, cheese, and bread. For the average family, this was a typical breakfast, sometimes supplemented by fish. The woman is about to pour some beer into her flute glass. In those days, people hardly drank any water, however beer was quite popular and drunk all day long. Women dominated the trades of breadmaking and beer brewing.
