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Fishermen and Farmers
Also titled Vissers en boeren
Arent Arentsz (Amsterdam, ca. –1631)
c. 1625 - c. 1630
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. frame)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Fishermen and farmers, by Arent Arentsz called Cabel, first half 17th century. Because the population increased demand for food rose. Arable and livestock farming flourished. Large investments were made in agriculture. To obtain more land, massive areas still under water were drained dry to create polders. Agricultural products were not just for the Dutch market. Meat, cheese, butter, fruit, beer and tobacco were all exported in large quantities.
