Willem van Mieris
(1662-1747)
Ein Fischhändler,
1719
Material / Technology / Carrier
Holz
Dimensions of the object
60,7 x 48,8 cm
Displayed
Not on display
Acquisition
1799 aus der Galerie Zweibrücken
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Willem van Mieris, Ein Fischhändler, 1719, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/XR4MJ6gxQ1 (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
In the eighteenth century, Willem van Mieris successfully carried on working in the fijnschilder (literally ‘fine painting’) style of his father, Frans, and remained committed to the iconographic tradition which saw fishing and selling the catch as symbols of voluptas carnis—carnal desire.
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