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Summary

Bonaventura Peeters the Elder: Dutch whaling scene   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Bonaventura Peeters the Elder  (1614–1652)  wikidata:Q605860
 
Bonaventura Peeters the Elder
Alternative names
Bonaventura Peeters the Elder
Description Flemish painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 23 July 1614 (baptised) 25 July 1652 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Hoboken, today Antwerp
Work location
Antwerp (1633-1641), Hoboken (1652)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q605860
Title
Dutch whaling scene
label QS:Len,"Dutch whaling scene"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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
date QS:P571,+1645-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 48 in (121.9 cm); width: 93 in (236.2 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,48U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,93U218593
institution QS:P195,Q2598142
Accession number
QO 0029
Inscriptions

Signature and date:

Bonaventura Petri - 1645
Source/Photographer The Mariners' Museum, search: 1933.0205.000001

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