A Life of Salt and Silver Born in Dordrecht in April 1628, Isaac van Duynen grew up in a household shaped by the rhythms of the sea. His father, Gerrit Gerritsz van Duynen, was a well-off fishmonger, a man whose livelihood depended on the daily catch. This early exposure to the textures and varieties of seafood likely influenced the direction of Isaac's own hand. While his brother Abraham found his way into landscape painting, Isaac t…