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Allegory of the Revival of the Dutch Herring Fishery after the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
Also titled Allegorie op de bloei van de Nederlandse visserij na de Tweede Engelse Zeeoorlog (1665-67)
Willem Eversdijck (Goes, ca. –1671)
c. 1667 - c. 1670
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 5 cm (support incl. SK-L-6095)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Allegory of the prosperity of the fishing industry, attributed to Willem Eversdijck, shortly after 1667. Michiel de Ruyter and other prominent admirals are hauling in a herring net and enjoying the fish. After the Republic's successes of the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667), the herring fishery was able to flourish again. Here the artist shows the importance of the protection of the Dutch navy for trade and fishing.
