Who painted “Fishing for Souls”?

“Fishing for Souls” was painted by Adriaen van de Venne in 1614. Where to see it: Rijksmuseum.

What to look for

Baroque: Renaissance painting is calmer and evenly lit; Rococo after it is lighter, paler and playful. Dutch Golden Age painting is the Protestant, everyday side of the same century.

Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (1589 – 12 November 1662), was a versatile Dutch Golden Age painter of allegories, genre subjects, and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book illustrator, designer of political satires, and versifier. Wikipedia

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More by Adriaen van de Venne

“Woman and a jester”, 1633
“Winter Landscape with Skaters near a Castle”, 1615
“Satire on Dutch politics around 1619”, 1619
“Portrait of Princes Maurits (1567-1625) and Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647)”, 1615–1625
“Shrove Tuesday in a country village”, 1625
“Allegory of the stadholdership of Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange”, 1642
“Summer”, 1625
“Spring”, 1625