The Fish Market at Leyden, ca. 1646 – 1649

Title

The Fish Market at Leyden

Painter

• Jan Steen

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on canvas, lined

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet auf dem Sack im Karren rechts: IS [ligiert]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1881

Genre

• genre
• city view
• architecture

Main Motif

• street scene
• building
• bridge
• woman
• man
• child
• group of people
• animal
• Leiden
• Hoogstraat (Leiden)
• Nieuwe Rijn
• town hall (Leiden)
• Visbrug (Leiden)
• Koornbrug (Leiden)
• Vismarkt (Leiden)
• Maarsmansteeg (Leiden)

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 48C1 architecture
• 61E(LEIDEN) names of cities and villages (LEIDEN)
• 61F(HOOGSTRAAT (Leiden)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (HOOGSTRAAT (Leiden))
• 61D(NIEUWE RIJN) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (NIEUWE RIJN) (NIEUWE RIJN)
• 61F(RATHAUS (Leiden)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (RATHAUS (Leiden))
• 61F(VISBRUG (Leiden)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (VISBRUG (Leiden))
• 61F(KOORNBRUG (Leiden)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (KOORNBRUG (Leiden))
• 46C112 bridge
• 61F(VISMARKT (Leiden)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (VISMARKT (Leiden))
• 61F(MAARSMANSTEEG (Leiden)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (MAARSMANSTEEG (Leiden))
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 46B11 market
• 25F6 fishes
• 46A7 crowd, mob
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman

Secondary

• 46B111 stall, booth (~ market)
• 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 25G3 trees
• 26A clouds