This framed door once provided access to the meeting room of the Fishmongers’ Guild in Brussels. When the baroque guild house on the banks of the Senne was demolished in 1872, the door was preserved and transferred to the museum a few years later.
The oak door is decorated in two registers: the upper register depicts the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus, while the lower shows the apostle Peter. The stone and stucco frame features high-relief decorations of various fish. The architrave above the door is flanked by two lions holding the coat of arms of Philip IV, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant.