Petrus Christus, A Goldsmith in his Shop, 1449, 100 x 86 cm, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Ar
Petrus Christus, A Goldsmith in his Shop, 1449, 100 x 86 cm, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975In the fifteenth century, the market for many types of goods, including paintings, was organized in annual fairs which took place in many cities. Specialized dealers would set up shops there, in a way similar to what we see in this painting from the middle of the fifteenth century, from a leading artist from the Netherlands, Petrus Christus.It shows the shop of a jeweller, a pair of potential buyers stands behind them,inside the shop. Reflected in a mirror, in the lower right, we see two other elegant clients who look into the stall from the street. -- source link
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