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The Anglers
Ref: sk-a-5040
Gotcha! Both the men and the women gesture in the direction of the float lying on its side. But who is being hooked here? The ambiguous meaning of this innocentlooking scene will not have escaped the 18th-century viewer. In those days, fishing and catching birds, the subject of the accompanying painting (also on view on this wall), were well-known metaphors for making love.
Title: The Anglers
Artist:
Date: c. 1744
Medium: panel; oil paint (paint)
Type: painting
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