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Whaling Grounds in the Arctic Ocean
Three Dutch whalers navigate the Arctic Ocean amid walruses and ice floes. The crewmen are hunting whales, while simultaneously trying to fight off polar bears. The demand for train oil (oil from the blubber of whales, walruses and seals) had increased greatly in Europe because it proved to be a good alternative to vegetable oils, from which candles, lubricants, lamp oil and soap were made.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- 1650 - 1700
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1654 - 1708
- 1654/1708
- 1654/1708
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
- fourth quarter 17th century
- first quarter 18th century
Provenance
- …; ? sale, sir Richard Williams Bulkeley et al. [section ‘The Trustees of captain R.A. Ogilby, deceased, late of Pellipar House, co. Londonderry’], London, 28 April 1922, no. 106, 84 pounds or gns, to ?Nason;{Copy RKD.} …; sale, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert James Leslie Ogilby (1880-1964, London) London (Sotheby’s), 8 July 1964, no. 17, fl. 16,078.95, to the museum
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5523
- SK-A-4102
Extent
- height 50.5 cm
- width 66.5 cm
- depth 6 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:52.952Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:00.765Z