Seehafen mit der Predigt Christi,

1598

Material / Technology / Carrier

Eichenholz

Dimensions of the object

79,4 cm

Displayed

AP OG Kabinett 9

Department

Flämische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

187

Acquisition

1799 aus der Galerie Mannheim

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Jan Brueghel d. Ä., Seehafen mit der Predigt Christi, 1598, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qlx2dKVGXq (Last updated on 13.01.2023)

Whereas the crowd in the middle distance is attentive to Christ who is preaching from a boat on the Lake of Gennesaret (Luke 5,3), the foreground is filled with a tumultuous fish market scene. Fashionably dressed figures - more appropriate for a Sunday outing than for weekday shopping - stroll among the fishmongers and their almost still-life arrangement of wares, as well as among beggars who receive a few coins and fish waste. The religious content has been ostensibly integrated into everyday life.