DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER (ANTWERP 1610-BRUSSELS 1690)
Fishermen on the Sea-shore
c.1637-9Oil on canvas | 92.9 x 123.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405348
This empty overcast scene conveys the bleak and unrelenting life of the fishermen, selling their meagre haul on a sandbank. The damp chill atmosphere is suggested through a unified almost monochrome palette of greys and blues – touches of brown and red occur only in the foreground.
Acquired by George IV in 1812, when Prince Regent
Acquired by George IV in 1812, when Prince Regent