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Pike and Perch in an Aquarium
Also titled Snoeken en baarzen in een aquarium
Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof (Zwollerkerspel, 1866–1924)
1910 - 1920
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 7.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
In this painting a pike can be seen hiding on the bottom while a school of black-grey perch swims overhead. Sunlight shines through the water plants on the surface. Dijsselhof enjoyed studying fish in the aquarium of Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo and specialized in this type of representation. The painting gives you the impression of actually standing next to the artist and peering through the glass.
