The Rich Kitchen
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Artist
Pieter van der Heyden

(engraver)

Hieronymus Cock

(publisher)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

(designer)

Production date
1563
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number
26.72.42
Material

Engraving; three states known

Inscription
Signed upper right: pieter brueghel inven[tor]; at lower centre: 1563 · PVAHE · [in monogram]; at lower left: H. Cock excudeb; inscribed in the margin: Hors dici Maigre-dos á eune hideuse mine/ Tu nas que faire ici Car cest Grasse-Cuisine// Vuech magherman van hier hoe hongherich ghij siet/ Tis hier al vette Cuecken ghi en dient hier niet [Go away, you thin man, however hungry you are / For this is the fat kitchen and you do not belong here]
Dimensions
29.3 cm x 23.1 cm
Keywords
Allegories
Human behaviour
Social issues

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