RUYSDAEL, Salomon van
(b. ca. 1602, Naarden, d. 1670, Haarlem)

Drawing the Eel

c. 1650
Oil on wood, 75 x 106 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This painting illustrates a village entertainment on a clear winter day. The eel (or herring) is strung on a rope that extends from a tree at left to the upper window of the inn. On the side of the roadway are many spectators assembled for the festival.




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