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On the banks of a wide meandering river, men and women are catching fish. Vernet has used the brightly lit woman in red and the jutting tree as devices to draw our eye into the composition. A man with a rod and a basket of fish sits next to the river with his back to a large mossy rock. His dog has been alerted to something in the water, but the fishing line is slack – perhaps the fisherman is just about to get a bite. Vernet reused the temple-like building in the middle ground, with its echoes of the Pantheon in Rome, in several of his other paintings. The perspective is enhanced by the zigzag of the river between the rocky banks (resembling stage scenery) and also by the way that the landscape becomes paler as it recedes into the distance.
Title
A River with Fishermen
Date
1751
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 59.1 x W 74.3 cm
Accession number
NG1057
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by John Henderson, 1879
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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