The painter’s name often causes confusion, but Adriaen van Utrecht was, in fact, a Flemish artist who was active in Antwerp. This monumental painting was not intended to be a realistic depiction of a fish stall, but to show the variety and richness of what the sea could provide in terms of food. Paintings containing fish can also be read as symbolising the element Water. Van Utrecht added other genre elements to his tableau: while the market vendor negotiates with a customer, a young thief surreptitiously cuts the strings of her purse. The allusions to eroticism and sexuality, particularly in regard to the fish display, convey a moral message, one that warns against being blinded by lust. This work once graced the chimneybreast of the kitchen in St Peter’s Abbey in Ghent.
| Artist |
Adriaen van Utrecht
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| Title | Fishmonger’s Stall |
| Date | ca. 1640 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram at the right on the barrel: AW |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | S-10 |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-10 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6362/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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genre pictures
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F6
fishes
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25F61 cartilaginous fishes Iconclass 25F61(RAY) cartilaginous fishes: ray Iconclass 25F62 bony fishes Iconclass 25F62(CARP) bony fishes: carp Iconclass 25F63 eels Iconclass 25F63(EEL) eels: eel Iconclass 25F716(CRAB) crustaceans: crab Iconclass 25F716(LOBSTER) crustaceans: lobster Iconclass 25F72(OYSTER) molluscs: oyster Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H2322 sea Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 41C341 dish, plate, saucer Iconclass 41D267 purse, money-bag Iconclass 44G54 thief Iconclass 44G544 theft Iconclass 46B111 stall, booth (~ market) Iconclass 46B21 merchant, salesman Iconclass 46C215(MAST) parts of ship's exterior: mast Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 47B1814(+3) butcher, slaughterman (+ technical aspects ~ crafts, industries, agriculture) Iconclass 47K1 sea and coastal fishery Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| 'Adriaen van Utrecht. Fischbude', in: Das Flämische Stilleben 1550-1680 / Alexander Wied. - Wenen : Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, [s.a.] ; Lingen (p. 194-195 (ill.), 374 (ill.)) |
| 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. 159 (ill.)) |
| The Paston Treasure : Microcosmos of the Know World (exhibition New Haven-Connecticut, Yale Center for British Art, 15.02 - 27.05.2018 ; Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, 23.06 - 23.09.2018) / Andrew W. Moore, Nathan Flis, Francesca Vanke, Robert Wenley, Jean Agnew, Simon Turner, Mark Purcell. - New Haven-Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2018 (p. 149) |
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