As a sign of those in domestic service, and the poor when working on the land, worn by those in the kitchen, even the men, and protecting their bodies when at work.
Vibert
A grand castle kitchen, the element fire, Vermeer’s milkmaid, a witch’s kitchen for Faust, a rotund cardinal tasting the sauce, and in a humble apartment in London.
An offshoot of still life paintings of food, it was never very popular, and most of these are decidedly odd. From Jan Brueghel the elder to
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