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| Title | Italian Market Scene | |
| Collection | Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle | |
| Artist | Mommers, Hendrik (Dutch painter, 1623-1697) | |
| Date Earliest | possibly about 1640 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1693 | |
| Description | This painting is representative of the type of views and landscapes produced by the 'Italianates' - Dutch and Flemish painters, such as Hendrick Mommers or Jan Miel, who studied and worked in Italy during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Although some of them had influential patrons, most of the so-called Bamboccianti catered for the open market. The richly dressed young woman shopping at the stall of a street-seller was a common motif in seventeenth century Dutch and Flemish painting. Here this everyday scene is transferred to the vaguely Mediterranean setting of a piazza bathed in a soft warm light. | |
| Current Accession Number | B.M.137 | |
| Former Accession Number | No. 116 | |
| Subject | everyday life; trade and industry (market); figure | |
| Measurements | 116.8 x 167.4 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by the founders John and Joséphine Bowes 1885. | |
| Provenance | Purchased by John and Joséphine Bowes from Benjamin Gogué, Paris, 1862, 450 francs. | |
| Rights Owner | The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham | |
| Author | Dr Mercedes Cerón | |