Kitchen Interior with a Piglet
Kitchen Interior with a Piglet
Artist
Giuseppe Recco
(Italian, 1634 - 1695)
Place of OriginNaples, Italy
Dateabout 1660
Dimensions29 × 40 1/4 in. (73.7 × 102.2 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
2017.37
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 24
DescriptionDepicts a recently-slaughtered piglet suspended by its hind feet over a table on which rest a provolone cheese, a sausage, a plucked chicken, a bottle of olive oil, a large meat pie, and two live, young pigeons. A window shows a view of a cloudy sky.
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