Pike and Perch in an Aquarium

• Pike and Perch in an Aquaruim
• Pike and Perch in an Aquarium

SK-A-3586

signature: ‘GWD’

In this painting a pike can be seen hiding on the bottom while a school of black-grey perch swims overhead. Sunlight shines through the water plants on the surface. Dijsselhof enjoyed studying fish in the aquarium of Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo and specialized in this type of representation. The painting gives you the impression of actually standing next to the artist and peering through the glass.

painter: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof (mentioned on object)

1910 - 1920

olieverf op doek

• height 100 cm x width 100 cm
• depth 7.5 cm

Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

bequest 1944

Public domain

…; on loan from Jean Charles Joseph Drucker (1862-1944, Montreux) and Maria Lydia Drucker-Fraser (1886-1944, Montreux), with 70 other paintings, to the museum, 1919;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 71 other paintings, to the museum, 1944

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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