Fishermen Carrying a Drowned Man | |
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The Shipwrecked Mariner | |
Artist | Jozef Israëls |
Year | 1861 |
Catalogue | Room 41 |
Medium | Oil-on-canvas |
Movement | Realism |
Subject | Death |
Dimensions | 129 cm (51 in) x 244 cm (96 in) [1] |
Location | National Gallery, London |
Website | National Gallery |
Fishermen Carrying a Drowned Man also known as The Shipwrecked Mariner is an 1861 oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch artist Jozef Israëls. The scene includes a group of people carrying a dead fisherman away from the water.
Israëls spent time in Zandvoort and he documented the lives of fishermen and their families. The painting is one in a series of four paintings with the theme: death of a fisherman. This painting is the largest of the four. The painting was displayed at the 1861 Salon (Paris), in Antwerp and London during the 1860s. It was in a private collection in England after an 1862 exhibition. In 1910 it was donated to the National Gallery in London by Mrs Alexander Young fulfilling the wishes of her husband. [1] The painting is also known as The Shipwrecked Mariner. [2]
The images of the people are dark and the subject of the painting is a huddled group carrying a dead fisherman away from the water's edge. The sky in the image is lighted and muted blue and silver. [1] It is considered to be Funerary art and it is also a representation of self-sacrifice. [3] The painting is an example of the style of realism. [4]
The image was exhibited at the Salon (Paris) 1861 and at the 1862 International Exhibition in London. An English spectator purchased the painting after the 1862 exhibition. [3] [5]