Hendrick de Meijer - Coastal Landscape with Fishmongers - image-1

Lot 1319 Dα

Hendrick de Meijer - Coastal Landscape with Fishmongers

Auction 1067 - overview Cologne
21.05.2016, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 18.000 € - 24.000 €
Result: 16.120 € (incl. premium)

Hendrick de Meijer

Coastal Landscape with Fishmongers

Oil on panel. 91.5 x 156 cm.
Signed and dated lower left: H D Meyer f 16[??] (last two digits indistinct).

This large coastal landscape derives its charm from the varied and naturalistic figures that inhabit it. Alongside the fishmongers and their customers, we see numerous other persons of varying social standing - from elegantly dressed horsemen to fishermen pulling their boats on land - as well as horse-drawn covered wagons and wandering stray dogs. The towering masts and sails of the landed boats lend the necessary vertical accents to the primarily horizontal lines of the composition.