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Humani victus instrumenta


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Composite head in the style of Arcimboldo; an allegorical representation of Cooking; The inscription below addresses the viewer as 'sciocco' (stupid, ignorant) and remarks on the limits of its representation: 'Imagine non e', non e' figura'. It carries on extolling the usefulness of these tools

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Ingenuity: Art, Ingenuity: Agudeza, Ingenuity: Wit, Tool, Cooking, Metal

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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