Rijksmuseum

Aankomst der boten

Date

1884

Medium

canvas, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Waiting for the catch was a daily event on the beach at Scheveningen. Everyone in the village, young and old, came out to pilot the boats to shore, to haul them up onto the beach by horse, and to snap up the freshly caught fish. The format and composition that Maris chose for this painting draws us into the scene; we seem to be queueing up, as it were.

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