The Cook (Arcimboldo)
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The Cook | |
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![]() The painting inverted | |
Artist | Giuseppe Arcimboldo |
Year | c. 1570 |
Medium | oil on panel |
Dimensions | 53 cm × 41 cm (21 in × 16 in) |
Location | Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
The Cook is a c. 1570 oil-on-panel painting by the Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo, now in the Nationalmuseum, in Stockholm.[1] It is a still life of roasted meats that, when the painting is turned upside-down, form a human face via pareidolia. The painter also produced The Fruit Basket and The Gardener, using a similar effect.[citation needed]
The attribution to Arcimboldo is disputed.[2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo_-_The_Cook_-_WGA00839.jpg/330px-Giuseppe_Arcimboldo_-_The_Cook_-_WGA00839.jpg)
The painting inverted and the right way up
References
- ^ Nationalmuseum's website
- ^ Lemaire, Gérard-Georges (6 October 2007). "Autour du portrait de Vertumne d'Arcimboldo". L'Humanité. Retrieved 4 July 2018.