Chestnut Vendors (Marchands de marrons)

1878

Camille Pissarro

Associated Names
Camille Pissarro

Artist, French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903

The image shows three individuals in a market setting. The central figure is standing and appears to be tasting something with their fingers near their mouth. They wear a headscarf and a coat. To the left, another individual is seated and leaning forward with an arm extended into a large container. They also wear a headscarf and a long-sleeved dress. On the right, a third person is standing in profile, with their hands clasped together, head covered, and wearing a coat. The background features a bustling market with indistinct figures, stalls, buildings, and barren trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.8 × 16.2 cm (8 3/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.3 × 20.3 cm (12 11/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.283

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 15, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

recto: below image at left in graphite: No 2 2e série / Marchande de marrons; below image at right in graphite: C. Pissarro; verso: at upper center in graphite in later hand: 1062; at bottom left in graphite in later hand: D.15 2/2; at bottom right in graphite in later hand: 13

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

Van Gelder

Wikidata ID

Q65222074

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