Poultry Market, Tangiers, José Villegas Cordero

A black poultry merchant is lolling on a chicken coop against a partially stuccoed building. Beside him is another coop on which some colorful birds roost. The model appears to be the same figure as that seen at the left of "the slipper merchant" (walters 37. 105). Date: 19th-early 20th century. Place of creation: New York City, New York, USA. Dimensions: height: 53.2 cm (20.9 in); width: 35.2 cm (13.8 in); Framed height: 83.8 cm (32.9 in); width: 63.5 cm (25 in); depth: 12.1 cm (4.7 in). Medium: mahogany, oil on wood, panel. Collection: Walters Art Museum. José Villegas Cordero - Poultry Market, Tangiers - Walters 37107