An assortment of seafood is displayed on a fish stall. Stacked to the left are two copper bowls from pairs of weighing scales. Part of a knife can be seen bottom centre, as though ready to be grasped at any moment. The fishmonger has stopped cleaning the fish and is absent from his stand. Although paintings such as this appear to be realistic representations of fish stalls (‘naer het leven’, or from life), that is not the case. Van Beijeren undoubtedly made on-the-spot sketches, which he worked up in the studio. Such paintings were intended for the kitchens of private houses
| Artist |
Abraham van Beijeren
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| Title | Still Life with Fish and Crustaceans |
| Date | 1666 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram and year top right on the bar: .AVB. ./ -1666 |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1902-A |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
veiling Antwerp 1902 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1902-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/326/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015638 still lifes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F6
fishes
Iconclass
25F716(CRAB) crustaceans: crab Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 41C311 table-knife Iconclass 41C68 fish; still life of fishes Iconclass 41E1 still life of related objects Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 25) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 52-53 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021 |
| Rose, Rose, Rose à mes yeux : James Ensor en het stilleven in België (1830-1930) (tentoonstelling Oostende, Mu.Zee, 16.12.2023 - 14.04.2024) / Bart Verschaffel, Sabine Taevernier, Stefan Huygebaert, Gregory Boite. - Brussel : Mercatorfonds, 2023 (p.11) |
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