Museum number
A6
Object
Framed pastel: A Market Woman with Fruit, unknown artist, eighteenth century. Pastel on paper.
Description
A similar painting, oil on Canvas, is shown on Mutual Art as being German School, 17th Century - https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Fruit-seller/7BF9D776C755D26A
Materials
Paper
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
Pastel
Dimensions
framed: 9cm (d) x 88cm (h) x 74cm (w)
regular: 62.0cm (h) x 78.0cm (w)
A Market Woman with Fruit Unknown Artist Pastel on paper, eighteenth century This decorative picture of a market trader asleep at her stall shows how effective the bright colours and soft texture of pastel can be. The artist has taken equal pleasure in the subtle light-reflecting bloom of dark grapes and plums, the rough, scaly rind of the melon on the right, the fuzzy skin of peaches and the soft wrinkles of the old woman. Although this beautiful picture has been part of the Holburne collection since at least 1863, when it hung in Sir William Holburne’s back drawing room, its authorship is still a puzzle. It may be a copy of an earlier Dutch work. A6

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