| The Cook | |
| Year: | c. 1570 |
| Medium: | oil on panel |
| Height Metric: | 53 |
| Width Metric: | 41 |
| City: | Stockholm |
The Cook is a c. 1570 oil-on-panel painting by the Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo, now in the Nationalmuseum, in Stockholm.[1] It is a still life of roasted meats that, when the painting is turned upside-down, form a human face via pareidolia. The painter also produced The Fruit Basket and The Gardener, using a similar effect.
The attribution to Arcimboldo is disputed.[2]