[Sca-cooks] sweetmeat boxes was marzipan boxes

[Johnna Holloway]

http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?coll_keywords=still+life+with+sweetmeats&submit.x=8&submit.y=8
shows a Still Life with Sweetmeats
Note the contents of the boxes which are open to display.
Click on the image to get it to display larger.
I have seen this identified as another by Juan van der Hamen, but it's 
listed
here as anonymous.
It's also at http://www.davidrumsey.com/amico/amico967048-21370.html

Johnnae

> http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=45891+0+none

Still Life with Sweets and Pottery, 1627 by Juan van der Hamen
Johnnae

>> If the latter, what makes these particular boxes "marzipan boxes"? 
>> Do  we have other period (or close to period) texts which mention  
>> "marzipan boxes"?
>> Stefan 
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