Fish Market by a River
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Village, Town and Cityscape |
Date | 1605 |
Dimensions | 29.5 x 42 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Signature | BRUEGHEL 1605 |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #126 Ertz 1979, #111 |
Location | Munich, Germany |
Collection | Alte Pinakothek |
Accession numbers | inv. #1883 |
Tags | Market, Dog, Fish, Church, House, Landing stage, River, Fishermen, Merchants, Boat |
External resources | Alte Pinakothek |
In center background, the large church is apparently Prague's cathedral of St. Vitus, which Jan would have seen on his trip there in 1604; this is one of the pieces of evidence for that journey. See Winner 1972, p. 139.