A Fishing Party

A Fishing Party"A Fishing Party" is a conversation piece painted probably c. 1730 31. Murray recorded the remains of a signature, lower left centre, but these cannot now be found. Old photographs show the man on the left baiting the hook, but this was an alteration which has since been removed, presumably during cleaning in 1947 68. The line now ends at the float held by the mother.

Described by Desenfans in 1802 as a work by Zuccarelli painted for Richard Dalton

this allows Teniers to display his skill in depicting various materials and textures

Both paintings

fecit - 1760' ['I

is credited with having played a crucial role in spreading Renaissance ideas to the Low Countries

but only a B (or cB in monogram) is now visible

a more courtly and decorative style emerged

That the sitter is still referred to in 1791-2 as 'Miss Morris' suggests she was unmarried

Desenfans)

was in England in 1663 (and that consequently this painting might be of an English sitter) depends on a signed and dated portrait of the Earl of Shaftesbury

61 x 50 cm

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