Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven women
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Nicolò Nelli
Artist bio: Italian, active Venice, ca. 1552–79
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1565
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 5/16 in. (29.2 × 41.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Women|Food|Eating