Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven women

Creator Name

Nicolò Nelli

Cultural Context

Date

1565

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Title

Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven women

Creator

Nicolò Nelli, Italian, active Venice, ca. 1552–79, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Material

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 5/16 in. (29.2 × 41.5 cm);
height: 29.2centimetre;
width: 41.5centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1565

Provenance

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Food; Eating; Women

Topic

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Nicolò Nelli, Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven women, 1565, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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