Fruit and vegetable market in the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages the market it was a lively place for shopping and meetings and certainly one of the most dynamic aspects of society and daily life of the time (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/9682/medioevo/mercato-botteghe-nel-medioevo). / P>
A famous fresco provides us with an idea of how it unfolded and the ferment that animated it. located in the Issogne Castle (Aosta Valley), which you can admire in the attached image, depicting a fruit and vegetable market.
Already at a first observation of the painting, the gaiety of the scene immediately leaps to the eye, in which sellers and buyers chat, it would seem amiably, probably exchanging opinions on the goods on display.
The latter is well placed on wooden stands and supports, on which fruits such as pears and grapes can be clearly distinguished, while the vegetables are placed in large wicker baskets placed on the ground.
The clothes worn by the characters represented, more or less simple or gorgeous, show that in the middle age the market welcomed people from all walks of life, from the highest to the most popular.