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The Poultry Seller

Technical Details
  • Title
    The Poultry Seller
  • Author
    Vincenzo Campi
  • Year
    1578 - 81
  • Dimensions
    cm 147 x 215
  • Inventory
    297
  • Room
    XV

Poultry of all kinds surrounds a woman who ceases plucking a turkey in order to watch a boy pulling a goose’s neck. If the Fruit Seller is an allusion to Earth, the poultry seller must allude to Air. As in the previous picture, this painting also replicates a series produced for Hans Fugger, now in Kirchheim Castle, highlighting the popularity of such works which combined realistic depiction with an allegorical or moral lesson.

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