1570
unspecified
From the collection of Catholic University of Leuven
Dominant colour
Joachim Beuckelaer. Vismarkt is a 1570 unspecified by Joachim Beuckelaer, a Flemish Baroque painting work, held at Catholic University of Leuven.
This painting shows a busy fish market from the 1500s. Crates of fish crowd the table. A man and woman in old clothes pick through the catch. The colors are bright. Red fish sit next to silvery ones. The fish look real enough to smell. Beuckelaer painted each scale and gill. The background shows a city street. That tells us this is more than a grocery list. His still lifes often hide a moral lesson. Want an example? Look up Joachim Beuckelaer.
Joachim Beuckelaer (c. 1533 – c. 1570/4) was a Flemish painter specialising in market and kitchen scenes with elaborate displays of food and household equipment. His development of the genre of market and kitchen scenes…
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