Against the backdrop of an imaginary landscape, a young woman is surrounded by baskets overflowing with fruit and vegetables, painted with a sharp eye for realism. This picture, acknowledged as one of the most important precedents for Italian still-life painting, is one of a group of four paintings whose subject matter, when taken together, has a symbolic significance and may identify the four elements, in which case this painting would identify Earth.
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TITLE
Fruit Seller
AUTHOR Vincenzo Campi
DATE 1578 - 81
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS cm 143 x 213
INVENTORY 397
ROOM XV
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