WITTE, Emanuel de
(b. 1617, Alkmaar, d. 1692, Amsterdam)

The Poultry Seller

1670-75
Oil on canvas, 52 x 63 cm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Emmanuel de Witte is best known for his depictions of church interiors. Yet he also painted several city views, primarily of marker scenes. In this group he depicted chiefly fish markets, the present painting is the only known work by him featuring a poulterer's stand.

In the nineteenth century this painting was ascribed to Pieter de Hooch.




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