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Creative Commons License
Fishing Scene
(Renaissance Europe )
The simplicity and quietude of this scene are characteristic of Dutch scenes of everyday life entwinned with the land and water. A young man fishes from the side of a river while a tradesman with his pack walks past on one of the walkways that line the sides of such waterways. The popularity of scenes featuring working men and women was a uniquely Dutch phenomenon.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1981-1982 | New Light on Old Pictures: Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 9/18/1975 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 11/5/2019 | Examination | cleaned; examined for exhibition; filled; inpainted; loss compensation; surface cleaned; varnish removed or reduced |
| 11/5/2019 | Examination | painting is being examined and treated for installation |
Geographies
Netherlands (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 11/16 x W: 10 1/16 in. (19.5 x 25.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.678