The Fish Market is a 1659 oil on canvas painting by Adriaen van Ostade.[1] It has been described as a post-Rembrandtesque work from van Ostade's mature period, showing a major theme in Flemish painting, urban markets.[2]
It was bought by the Louvre Museum in 1801 during a public sale of paintings brought to Paris from Flanders and the Netherlands by Alexandre Joseph Paillet and Cloclers.[2] It is still held there as INV 1681.[2][3]
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- ^ (in French) "PopCulture entry".
- ^ a b c (in French) "BaseAtlas entry".
- ^ (in French)"Louvre Collections entry".
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