Women and Children by a Fruit Seller 1605 - 1655

"Women and Children by a Fruit Seller" (1605-1655) by Floris van Schooten, a Dutch Golden Age painter, depicts a bustling marketplace scene. The composition features a group of women and children interacting with a fruit seller, their figures arranged around a basket filled with fruit. The work, housed in the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst, is characterized by its realistic portrayal of everyday life, typical of the genre of genre painting. Van Schooten's meticulous attention to detail brings the characters and their surroundings to life.