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Master of the Canesso Peddler

Baroque Painter · Active 1695 – 1695
Master of the Canesso Peddler is among the painters whose work defines the Baroque era. Paintale holds 1 of Peddler's works in its collection, spanning themes of daily life.
Where to see the work: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Working at the height of the Baroque period, Master of the Canesso Peddler produced a body of work that remains foundational to Western art. The recurring themes across the surviving paintings — daily life — show an artist returning to the same questions about the human figure, light, and the moral weight of a scene that Baroque painting was uniquely equipped to answer.
Master of the Canesso Peddler's paintings have found permanent homes at institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Every entry on Paintale digs into how each piece was made, what it depicts, and how it has been read and re-read since it left the studio.
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