The Cook (Arcimboldo)

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The Cook
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]