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The Cook
Bernardo Strozzi, c. 1620–1625
Depicts woman seated at table, plucking feathers from a swan laying across her lap. Other game hangs from the ceiling and lies next to her on the floor. The only known variant of one of the seminal genre pictures of the seventeenth century, Strozzi's 'Cuoca' (Cook) in the collection of the Palazzo Rosso, Genoa.
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Title of artwork, date
The Cook, c. 1620–1625
Date supported
2004
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
174.6 x 160 cm
Grant
75000
Total cost
465000
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