Altes Hökerweib (zugeschrieben)

Altes Hökerweib (Old Market Woman), now in the Bavarian State Painting Collections and attributed to Murillo, depicts an elderly woman at a market stall — a subject connecting to the Spanish bodegón tradition of kitchen and market scenes. The painting reflects the everyday commerce of Seville's bustling markets, where vendors sold produce, prepared foods, and household goods. Murillo's genre scenes of working-class Sevillians were among his most commercially successful works, collected eagerly by the international merchant community resident in the city. The naturalistic rendering of the woman's aged features and modest surroundings demonstrates the dignified empathy that distinguished Murillo's approach to genre painting from more satirical European traditions.

The close-up composition focuses on the woman's lined features and working hands. The warm earth tones and naturalistic treatment follow the conventions of Sevillian genre painting established by Murillo's circle.