Return From Fishing
1894 painting by Joaquín Sorolla / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Return from Fishing: Hauling the Boat (French: Retour de la pêche: halage de la barque), (Spanish: El regreso de la pesca: remolcando el barco) is an oil on canvas by the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla in 1894. Large in size (265 x 403.5 cm) it has been exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay since 1977.[1] The painting depicts the return of a fishing boat with a lateen sail. Two oxen tow the boat on a beach surrounded by fishermen.