Gabriel Metsu - The Chef (c.1657-62)

 Metsu repeats this composition on two other occasions, with the woman in a similar setting. These are oil paintings currently on display at Gemäldegalerie, Berlin and a smaller one at Alte Pinakothek in Munich. In the Berlin work, the hooded chef is standing holding a poker in the oven, which in the present painting is seen on the table. Both the Berlin painting and the present painting include an oven, a fish dish, and a simple hook system over which the deadly game is hung. These and other objects in the present work are also found in other works by Metsu. (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid - Oil on canvas, 40 x 33.7 cm)

About the artwork:

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