[Sca-cooks] chili pepper in 1620 spanish painting?

[Huette von Ahrens]

Wow!

That zoom function is incredible!

Yes, I can now see that the objects are garlic
and a dried pepper.

And the old lady is wearing a bracelet.  Wow!

And I love the subtle way that the artist
included the words "National Gallery" all over
the painting ... :-)

Thank you Johnnae!

Huette

--- Johnna Holloway
<johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu> wrote:
> The painting is owned by the National Gallery 
> in London.
> If you go to their website you can download the
> picture for viewing from
> them. In theory this  has a zoom function which
> makes it easier to look 
> at the details.
> It takes forever to download, so be patient.
> http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
>
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG1375
> 
> Using the zoom function----
> 
> Yes, it's a pepper and yes it's garlic.....
> 
> Hope this helps---
> 
> Johnnae llyn Lewis
> 
> Terry Decker wrote:
> 
> >Right shape, right color, but not a good
> reproduction.  It would be nice if
> >we could see the original or a Tauschen
> reproduction.
> >
> >Chili peppers appear in Leonard Fuchs herbal
> of 1543, so it is very likely
> >they were being used in cooking before 1600.
> >
> >Bear
> >  
> >
> The white items could be either garlic or some
> white mushroom. They are 
> strangely drawn
> 
> enough as to be unclear to my eyes, anyway.
> 
> Huette
> 
> >  
> >
> >>Does the thing in front of the bowl of fish
> look like a dried chili
> >>pepper to anyone else?
> >>
> >>- Doc
> >>
> >
> 
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