# Heemskerck and Barents Planning their Second Expedition to the Far North

- By: Christoffel Bisschop (Leeuwarden, 1828–1904)
- Date: 1862
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 63.4 cm x width 82 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Scato Gockinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-2017-15--6a6e9c62877cc1405a8bbfd88c048b1b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/20c203b8b8ea7fcce4a1804d18d4e27e.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The overwintering of Willem Barents and his crew on Nova Zembla in 1596-1597 appealed greatly to the popular imagination in the 19th century. This painting was therefore also part of the same historical gallery as the work by Bilders. Curiously, Bisschop did not depict the harsh winter ordeal on Nova Zembla, but rather the preparations for an earlier voyage.