The Vegetable Stall In Front Of The "saint Romain's Pride" Chapel In Rouen, Oil On Canvas, Framed, 19th Century

Beautiful canvas on a Louis Philippe period stretcher in its rich 19th century winged frame. This fine, luminous, and detailed painting, depicted under a clear sky, is a well-smoothed work on a sturdy canvas, housed in its beautiful original giltwood frame with a bronze patina. It portrays a charming genre scene: market women from the Norman bocage, seated and preparing their stall of fresh vegetables, brought early to sell to customers in the city of Rouen, on a lovely early summer morning. It will be hot when the customers arrive as the morning draws to a close. An elderly woman has opened her beautiful red parasol... And all these ladies, wearing traditional headdresses, are numerous and lined up, waiting patiently... The year is 1840, at the faithful vegetable market located in front of the Chapel of "La Fierté Saint-Romain," a pretty, tall old tower built in 1542 in Rouen's square. To the side, one can see the imposing building with its bright, pointed slate roof, along the length of the cloth hall... A colorful and decorative genre scene, skillfully executed and highly successful, which has survived... Untouched until now, unrestored, preserved from the ravages of time by this beautiful morning in the Norman capital... A beautiful and fresh tableau of early 19th-century life, decorative and historical, reflecting our region... Review