A cook holding a chicken
1770
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1770
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A cook holding a chicken is a 1770 paint by Unknown, a Rococo painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a cook holding a chicken. He wears simple clothes, and a red border frames the scene. A strip of cloud floats at the top above his head. These thirty-six paintings show Indian castes and trades. Each one has the worker’s name written below in English. A watermark from 1799 appears on the back. Look at the heavy shadows on the cook’s feet. They feel almost solid. See more like it at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A cook holding a chicken is depicted in one of thirty-six paintings illustrating castes and occupations in South India, showing a man and wife with trade-specific attributes. The work features a green background, a red border, a strip of tangled cloud at the top, and heavy looped shadows attached to the feet.
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