Artwork
Still Life with Fish
Still Life with Fish is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Isaac van Duynen. It dates from 1650 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
Executed in 1650, this still life by Isaac van Duynen is an oil painting on canvas. The work measures 96 cm in height and 128 cm in width. As a representative piece of the still life genre, the composition focuses on the depiction of fish, utilizing the fluid properties of oil paint to render textures typical of Dutch Golden Age marine subjects.
History & Provenance
According to the Wikidata record, the work is associated with both the Rijksmuseum and the Prinsenhof, with the Rijksmuseum listed as the current location.
Still Life with Fish by Isaac van Duynen is held in the Rijksmuseum collection. According to the Wikidata record, the work is associated with both the Rijksmuseum and the Prinsenhof, with the Rijksmuseum listed as the current location. The painting, executed in oil on canvas and dated 1650, measures 96 cm in height and 128 cm in width.
No specific inventory or accession number, nor any documented exhibition history, is provided in the available sources for this work.
Overview
Still Life with Fish is a 17th-century oil painting by Isaac van Duynen, a Dutch artist known for his still lifes featuring dead fish and sea creatures.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a pile of fish and seafood on a rough tabletop, with a large eel and lobster prominently displayed among smaller fish and mussels. The arrangement emphasizes the freshness and lifelike appearance of the subjects, despite being dead.
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Artist
Isaac van Duynen also known as Deynen or Duijnen (April 1628 – ca. 1680) was a Dutch still life painter. He is known for still lifes of dead fish and other sea animals, still lifes with fruit, banquet still lifes and…
