# Portrait of a Cook

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CASSANA, Niccolò](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 138 x 121 cm

## Commentary

The free, expressive style used to paint this Portrait of a Cook is reminiscent of the spirited art of Bernardo Strozzi, who had moved to Venice around 1632-1633, bringing with him Niccolò&#39;s father, Giovanni Francesco \(c. 1620-1690\), himself a painter as well. The figure of the cook is posed in an interior, a dark wall behind him. The artist&#39;s palette makes use of fairly muted colours, such as the browns and pinkish reds that contrast with the luminous, seductively carefree whites.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchanalian Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7/bacchanalian-scene-ra9fffb71ba7f67>)
- [Lot and his Daughters](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7/lot-and-his-daughters-r0f0d94b8f54f60>)
- [Portrait of a Dwarf](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7/portrait-of-a-dwarf-r28ff4865ef48d0>)
- [Portrait of Grand Prince Ferdinando de&#39; Medici](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7/portrait-of-grand-prince-ferdinando-de-medici-r1f6511496ee273>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)