1808
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Chestnut Peddler is a 1808 by Carle Vernet, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A man in a long coat and hat stands under a large umbrella, flipping food with a long fork. His cart has a small fire burning underneath, with pans full of what looks like chestnuts. Bags of chestnuts sit on the ground around him, and a cat peeks out from under the cart. The title at the bottom says "Chestnut Peddler," and the artist signed it. The umbrella keeps the rain off, while the fire keeps the food warm. Next, look up Romanticism to see how this scene fits into that art movement.
Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, better known as Carle Vernet, was a French painter, the youngest child of painter Claude-Joseph Vernet and the father of painter Horace Vernet.
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