Description
A barefoot boy sleeps against a closed wooden door, his flower tray still hanging from his neck. Small bunches of violets rest on the tray and lie beside his hand. Their delicate colour interrupts the muted browns of his clothes and the street.
This hand-painted oil-on-canvas reproduction recreates A Martyr, The Violet Seller by Fernand Pelez. Pelez painted the work known in French as Un martyr. Le Marchand de violettes in 1885. The close view and lowered viewpoint give a child working on the street a presence usually reserved for more privileged sitters.
Made to order in oil on canvas. Choose from the available reproduction sizes and framing options. The complete composition is retained, with attention to the relationships between the figures, colour and light.

