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The Dutch Herring Fleet at the fishing grounds
Also titled De Hollandse haringvloot aan de vleet
Pieter Vogelaer (Zierikzee, 1641–1710)
1670 - 1700
- Medium
- panel, ink
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 6.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
The Dutch herringfleet by Pieter Vogelaer, second half 17th century. Herring was a vital Dutch export product, one of the mainstays of the republic's economy. Herring was a Dutch speciality of the fisherman of the Dutch towns along the river Maas and the Zuiderzee. With their large boats, they dominated herring fishing completely. The fish was cleaned at sea and then processed on shore.
