Met Field Trip Assignment History Essay Research Paper

Fish Market Artwork
The previous week, I got a chance to visit the European Painting Galleries along with a couple of friends and cousins. Over there, I was amazed to see sculptures, paintings and other artworks belonging to the 13th century to 17th century, but the one painting that attracted me the most was of a fish market. Its medium was oil on Baltic oak, and the painting was probably created in 1568. It was present at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 639. At a glimpse, the painting looked odd to me, but when I saw it closely, I realized that it had a perfect color combination. Red, yellow and white colors were dominating brown, gray and blue shades in a better way. The spatial quality and composition were fabulous, so as the ways its different characters were displayed. For example, on the front side, I could see an old-man cutting the fish, who was probably a butcher with several customers surrounding him and waiting for their turn to buy the fish. On the back-side, some people could be seen carrying their baskets and utensils here and there. Everyo...