Smiling Fishergirl
Smiling Fishergirl is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in the early 1630s, now in a private collection.
 Smiling Fishergirl, c.1630 Oil on canvas, 80.6 cm x 66.7 cm | |
| Artist | Frans Hals |
|---|---|
| Year | 1630 |
| Catalogue | Seymour Slive, Catalog 1974: #72 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 80.6 cm × 66.7 cm (31.7 in × 26.3 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
Painting
This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote "114. A WOMAN SELLING HERRINGS. B. 51. ; In a dune landscape, a girl seen to the knees sits facing three-quarters right. She smiles and looks to the right. On her lap she holds with her left hand a wooden tub of herrings. She holds a fish in her right hand, which rests on the edge of the tub. She wears a red bodice, a white scarf, and a black cap. In the left distance is the sea. To the right are high dunes on which are two figures standing. To the left of them is the sail of a ship. The sky is covered with grey clouds. Three birds are flying. Signed on the tub with the monogram ; canvas, 32 inches by 26 1/2 inches. An old copy was in the possession of a London dealer in 1908. Engraved by Gaujean. In the Oudry collection. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 302."[1]
Hofstede de Groot noted several fisherboys by Hals along with this one (catalogue numbers 49 through to 58c). This painting was also documented by W.R. Valentiner in 1923.[2]
Other fisher folk by Hals:
Fisher boy with basket
References
- Hofstede de Groot on A Woman Selling Herrings; catalog number 114
- Junge Fischverkauferin, number 117 left