1621 · Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

This painting shows a pantry with pig's head and trotter, calf's head, turkey, poultry and other food. Almost in the centre of the painting, under the two birds hanging from a hook, it is possible to see a large key with a label, clearly marked with the date "1621" and, albeit less easy to read, an incomplete inscription that has been painstakingly deciphered as the name of the artist, Jacopo da Empoli. This piece is usually referred to as a companion piece for the still-life (also in the Uffizi) clearly signed and dated 1624 as they come from the same private collection belonging to Giacomo Arbanasich, from whom they were bought in 1922.Show more