Gastrolvios

This early 17th-century painting by Flemish artist Osias Beert features quite the spread: sweet white treats made from Brazilian sugar, orange quince paste from Portugal, sugar-coated cinnamon sticks from Southeast Asia, almonds from Spain, and currants from Greece.

Beert spent his career painting Antwerp’s edible empire, immortalizing the bounty of a trade network that brought riches from across the oceans to his hometown on the North Sea.