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| Title | The Fisherman's Cottage | |
| Collection | Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust | |
| Artist | Zimmermann, Ernst Karl Georg (German painter, 1852-1901) | |
| Date Earliest | possibly about 1870 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1880 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | The German painter Ernst Karl Georg Zimmermann depicts a landscape with an open-fronted cottage looking out on to a calm sea dotted with ships. On the right a bare-footed fisherman is seated on ground with a basketfulof fish at his side. Beside a table another fishermen sits with a baby on his knee. In front of him stands a woman. In the background two fishermen look out to sea. Beneath the sentiment of these popular scenes always lurks the danger of the sea which may mean that both woman and child will lose their loved ones. Zimmermann studied first under his father and became later a pupil of Wilhelm von Diez. He is best known for his genre scenes and portraits. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1558 | |
| Inscription | front ll 'Ernst Zimmermann München' | |
| Subject | marine; everyday life; figure; animal (cat) | |
| Measurements | 84.3 x 106.6 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by J. N.Mappin 1887. | |
| Publications | Bénézit, E. (ed.),Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs Paris,1976; Thieme, U., Becker, F. (ed.) Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Leipzig, 1980-86. | |
| Rights Owner | Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust | |
| Author | Katia Mai | |