The painting comes from Ghent’s Abbey of St Peter, where it hung over the fireplace in the kitchen. This monumental painting, with its realistically represented fish, shellfish and crustaceans, has a hidden moral message: distracted by the abundance of good things and their amorous thoughts, the principal figures fail to notice the cutpurse as he surreptitiously goes about his business.
Painting Name | Fishmonger's Stall |
Painter Name | Adriaen van Utrecht |
Size | 215 cm x 298 cm |
Technique | Oil |
Material | Canvas |
Current Location | Museum voor Schone Kunsten Ghent |