Vissers bij maanlicht
ca. 1625
Medium
pen and brown and black ink, with opaque watercolour; framing line in grey, with a gold-coloured border
Dimensions
195; 144
About this artwork
hoogte 144 mm x breedte 195 mm
Art Historical Context
**Vissers bij maanlicht (Fishermen by Moonlight)** *Hendrick Avercamp, ca. 1625* Step into the serene chill of a Dutch winter night with Hendrick Avercamp's delicate drawing *Vissers bij maan*. Created around 1625 during the Dutch Golden Age, this intimate work captures fishermen working under a luminous moon, evoking the everyday resilience of rural life on frozen waterways. Avercamp, a masterful chronicler of winter scenes often called the "Mute of Kampen" due to his deafness, specialized in lively vignettes of skating villagers and laborers, blending realism with poetic charm in the No...
About the Artist
Hendrick Avercamp · 1585–1634
Dutch painter, best-known for winter landscapes and marine paintings. His lively paintings and drawings were enormously popular. Avercamp was hearing-impaired.