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In this tiny picture, Arent Arentsz. shows a fisherman in heavy boots, his rod – a canvas bag hanging from it – over his shoulder. He looks back at a young lad pouring a catch of tiny fish from a large pitcher into a bowl, while an older man stands waiting with a similar bowl in his hands. Arentsz. has arranged the three fishermen like a frieze across the foreground, the misty view behind them appearing quite separate – almost like a stage backcloth. But all the activity is rendered incidental to the main actors – the fishermen – by the strong contrast between them and the hazy, almost two-dimensional, background. Even Muiden Castle, on the far bank of the river and featured in the picture’s title, is ghostlike and indistinct, though accurately portrayed.
Title
Fishermen near Muiden Castle
Date
about 1630
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 23.3 x W 38.8 cm
Accession number
NG3533
Acquisition method
Presented by Dr J. Seymour Maynard through The Art Fund, 1920
Work type
Painting