Drawing the Eel

Drawing the Eel

Artist: Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1600–1670)

Original Dimensions: 29 1/2" x 41 3/4"

Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

About Artwork: (early 1650s) "Against a wintry sky and bare branches, this village road becomes the setting for a cruel pastime: a live eel strung on a line is plucked down by young people charging past on horseback. The contest provides the pretext for a festive gathering, allowing Ruysdael to combine his eye for local color with an evocation of limpid winter light and its reflection in the frozen skating pond below." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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