"The Groenlandvaarder ""Zaandam"" of the Shipping Company Claes Taan and Son, Zaandam, on a Whale Hunt", Jochem de Vries, 1772
oil on canvas, h 99cm × w 126.8cm × t 3cm × d 5cm More details
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Identification
Title(s)
"The Groenlandvaarder ""Zaandam"" of the Shipping Company Claes Taan and Son, Zaandam, on a Whale Hunt"
Object type
Object number
SK-A-4065
Inscriptions / marks
- signature and date: ‘Joghem de Vries Aº 1772’
Description
De Groenlandvaarder 'Zaandam' van rederij Claes Taan en Zn, Zaandam, op de walvisvangst. Op het water tussen de ijsschotsen varen enkele roeiboten van waaruit op walvissen wordt gejaagd. Om het schip 'Zaandam' bevinden zich meer schepen, links een driemaster met de Deense vlag.
Creation
Artist
- painter: Jochem de Vries
Dating
1772
Material and Technique
Physical features
oil on canvas
Material
Measurements
height 99 cm × width 126.8 cm × thickness 3 cm
depth 5 cm
Subject
Acquisition and rights
Acquisition
purchase 1961
Copyright
Provenance
…; from Hans Sokolowski, Stockholm, fl. 10,000, to the museum, 1961
Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)
Notes
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Documentation
- De laatste bloeiperiode van de Nederlandse arctische walvis- en robbevangst 1761-1775, Piet Dekker
- Mare liberum : Nederland ter zee 1600-1900, cat.nr. 86
- Aanwinsten : 1 januari - 31 december 1961
- Jurjen Richard Leinenga, Arctische walvisvangst in de achtiende eeuw : de betekenis van Straat Davis als vangstgebied, proefschrift Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 1995.
- Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis 5 (1986), nr. 2, p. 106.
- Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1961), p. (33) 29.
- (Cf.) Zaanlandsch Jaarboek, 1847, p. 59.
- Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).
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