About the Artwork
The Cook
1775
Giovanni David
1743-1790
Italian
Unknown
Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on laid paper
Plate: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (24.1 × 16.5 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 3/8 inches (38.7 × 26.4 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Benson and Edith Ford Fund
73.172.10
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, on plate, lower left: David Gen. Inv. fecit.
Inscribed, in plate, lower center: la Cuisiniere. | Aimez-vous la Muscade? on en a mis par tout. Boileau. Sat. 3. Inscribed, in pencil, center bottom edge: 9
Watermark, center left edge: [fragment]
Provenance
formerly in the collection of the descendants of the artist (Genoa, Italy). 1973-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Giovanni David, The Cook, 1775, etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, 73.172.10.
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