The Fishermen
Also titled De vissers
Manufacture Royale des Gobelins
c. 1692 - c. 1723
- Medium
- wool, silk
- Classification
- tapestry
- Dimensions
- height 358 cm x width 305 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
The hunter and fishermen depicted here reference the original inhabitants of the Amazon region. In the centre is a woman of African descent. All of the figures are depicted as stereotypes. This tapestry is part of a commissioned series designed for Johan Maurits, who served as governor of the former Dutch Brazil. Upon returning home, he decorated his Mauritshuis with them. He donated the designs to the French king Louis XIV.
