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Painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
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The Cook
The painting inverted
ArtistGiuseppe Arcimboldo
Yearc. 1570
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions53 cm × 41 cm (21 in × 16 in)
LocationNationalmuseum, Stockholm

The Cook is a c. 1570 oil-on-panel painting by the Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo, now in the Nationalmuseum, in Stockholm. 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.

The attribution to Arcimboldo is disputed.

The painting inverted and the right way up

References

  1. Nationalmuseum's website
  2. Lemaire, Gérard-Georges (6 October 2007). "Autour du portrait de Vertumne d'Arcimboldo". L'Humanité. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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