A young woman holding a chicken ready for cooking. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 175-, after G. Metsu.
- Metsu, Gabriel, 1629-1667.
- Date:
- [between 1750 and 1759]
- Reference:
- 676771i
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About this work
Description
She is seen through an arched window frame, sitting in a larder, with a hare hanging down on the right. She holds a chicken prepared for roasting on a spit, with a bowl containing the giblets in her lap
Publication/Creation
A Paris (Quay des Augustins, à côté de l'Hotel d'Auvergne) : chez l'auteur [Wille], [between 1750 and 1759]
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 39.3 x 28.6 cm
Lettering
La cuisinière hollandoise. Peint par Gabriel Metzu. Gravé par J.G. Wille graveur du roy. Gravé d'après le tableau original de même grandeur, tiré du cabinet de mr. le comte de Vence, Maréchal de camp des armées du roy.
Bears coat of arms, presumably of the comte de Vence
References note
C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, London 1908-1913, vol. 1, p. 289, Metsu no. 124 ("The cook", as in the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich after 1833)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 676771i
Reproduction note
After a painting described by Hofstede de Groot, loc. cit.
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