◧ Artist: Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682)
◧ Country: Spain
◧ Title: [The Little Fruit-Seller]
◧ Medium: Oil painting on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 144.3 x 107.6 cm
◧ Painting Size: 144.3 x 107.6 cm
◧ Museum: Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
◧ Country of Stamp Issue: Spain
◧ Date of Issue: March 24, 1960
◧ Face Value: 5 Pestas
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[The Little Fruit-Seller] gives a picture of a young fruit seller making a sale. The boy holds a basket, overflowing with grapes and what appear to be pears, as the girl carefully counts out her money to the young seller. A light from the left of the figures shines down upon them, bathing the girl in sunlight, and her companion in soft shadows.
Although it is a realistic rendition of an everyday image, Murillo depicts in such a way as to romanticize the simple act of buying fresh fruit on the street. (excerpt from WikiArt)
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