Still Life with Fish on a Vending Counter, Jacob Foppens van Es
Jacob Foppens van Es
Still Life with Fish on a Vending Counter
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Jacob Foppens van Es

Still Life with Fish on a Vending Counter, ca. 1635 – 1640


Dimensions
86.7 x 219.4 cm
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Inventory Number
691
Acquisition
Acquired in 1817
Status
On display, 2nd upper level, Old Masters, room 8

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About the Work

In masterly fashion, this still life stages – on a scale of 1:1 – a whole variety of fish laid out on a kitchen bench. It may well have been commissioned by a Flemish fishmonger or fishmongers’ guild. The motif was thus not chosen primarily for its symbolic potential, but for tangible, practical reasons: both the patron and contemporary viewers will have understood the painting above all as a kind of certification of quality with respect to the merchandise offered for sale.

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    01:52
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Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Still Life with Fish on a Vending Counter
Painter
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Material
Technique
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Bezeichnet an der Serviette rechts unten: V: ES: f:

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1817

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre
Main Motif
Associated Persons and Institutions

Iconclass

Primary
  • 41C68 fish; still life of fishes
Secondary

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History
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Christian Georg Schütz der Vetter (1758-1823), Frankfurt am Main
verkauft, fl 150, an das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 9. Mai 1817.

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Last update

11.09.2023