page_title: The Herring Merchant
hierarchical_section_title: The Herring Merchant
context_page_description: The Herring Merchant is a c.1660 painting by Gabriël Metsu. It has been in the Musée Fabre in Montpellier since 1836.
  The central figure is a woman dressed in the red and blue colors often associated with market-sellers in the 17th-century Northern Netherlands. Like other contemporary painters, Metsu has chosen the subject of raw herring and onions, a favorite Dutch snack still sold on Dutch street markets today. The motif is also one that Metsu returned to regularly, possibly painted for inns where customers could be tempted to order such a snack.
context_section_description: The Herring Merchant is a c.1660 painting by Gabriël Metsu. It has been in the Musée Fabre in Montpellier since 1836.
  The central figure is a woman dressed in the red and blue colors often associated with market-sellers in the 17th-century Northern Netherlands. Like other contemporary painters, Metsu has chosen the subject of raw herring and onions, a favorite Dutch snack still sold on Dutch street markets today. The motif is also one that Metsu returned to regularly, possibly painted for inns where customers could be tempted to order such a snack.
caption: The Herring Merchant
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