An Old Woman Cooking Eggs

"Old Woman Cooking Eggs" is a genre painting by Diego Velázquez from his Seville period, likely created around 1618 before his move to Madrid. This Baroque artwork, housed in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, depicts a humble scene of an old woman working in a kitchen. Velázquez often featured working-class characters, sometimes using his family as models; notably, this woman appears again in his "Christ in the House of Martha and Mary" (1618). The painting, executed on canvas with oil paint, has sparked debate over whether she is frying or poaching eggs, leading to alternative titles like "Old Woman Poaching Eggs."