# Fishing for Shells

- By: Jacob Maris (The Hague, 1837–1899)
- Date: 1885
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 15.5 cm
- Credit line: Gift of Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser, Montreux
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2457--4feccf5fb7c08c1a9f1dc444c0044913)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/92ed6662b503352c2686bd690187c230.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Fishermen comb the shoreline with their nets in search of shells, their diminutive figures dwarfed by the expansive beach around them. However, the true star of the composition is the broadly painted sky. Maris used a host of grey and white shades to capture the silvery light of a day by the sea. He was fascinated by the pristine Dutch coastal landscape, which was gradually changing with the advent of tourism.