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Bonaventura Peeters the Elder: Dutch whaling scene (

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Artist



Alternative names	Bonaventura Peeters the Elder
Description	Flemish painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	23 July 1614 (baptised)	25 July 1652
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Hoboken, today Antwerp
Work location	Antwerp (1633-1641), Hoboken (1652)
Authority file	: Q605860 VIAF: 86927343 ISNI: 0000000066377952 ULAN: 500019814 LCCN: no2020074129 WGA: p/peetersb/bonavent WorldCat

Title

Dutch whaling scene

Object type

painting

Description

English: This oil painting featuring a Dutch whaling scene was painted in 1645 by Bonaventura Peeters the Elder. Part of what makes this painting so special (besides that it is a beautiful piece of art) is that it is currently the fourth oldest known whaling painting. The probably location for the scene is Smeersburg (“Grease Town”), a Dutch whaling settlement on Spitsbergen, founded in 1619. It is unlikely that the piece portrays a specific event. Rather, it was likely intended to highlight the importance of arctic whaling to the 17th-century Dutch economy. Though the harpooned whale in the center of this picture is not accurately portrayed, the Dutch were the first to produce realistic images of whales, based on studies performed after a whale washed ashore. This painting is in the collection of The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA.

Date

1645

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 48 in (121.9 cm); width: 93 in (236.2 cm)

Collection

The Mariners' Museum

	Native name	Mariners' Museum
	Location	Newport News, Virginia, USA
	Coordinates	37° 03′ 18″ N, 76° 29′ 16.08″ W
	Established	1930
	Website	http://www.marinersmuseum.org/
	Authority file	: Q2598142 VIAF: 132272075 ISNI: 000000040367203X LCCN: n79054935 OSM: 1610192 J9U: 987007270501105171 WorldCat

Accession number

QO 0029

Inscriptions

Signature and date:

Bonaventura Petri - 1645

Source/Photographer

The Mariners' Museum, search: 1933.0205.000001

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
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current	09:40, 9 June 2015	640 × 331 (37 KB)	Neochichiri11	User created page with UploadWizard

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