Stilleven met vissen

About this artwork

Stilleven met vissen. Op een stenen plint liggen deels in een mand: kabeljauwen, moten zalm, oesters en mosselen, een krab en een paar platvissen.

Art Historical Context

Isaac van Duynen's *Stilleven met v* (Still Life with Fish), painted between 1645 and 1681, captures the bounty of the sea in exquisite detail. On a stone plinth, cod, salmon steaks, oysters mussels, a crab, flatfish spill partially from a woven basket, their glistening scales and textured shells rendered with masterful realism in oil on canvas (96 × 128 cm). This large-scale work invites viewers to marvel at the tactile quality of the seafood, as if fresh from Dutch fishing boats. As a specialist in marine still lifes during the Dutch Golden Age, van Duynen (c. 1628–after 1670) contributed t...

About the Artist

Isaac van Duynen · 1615–1689

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