Allegory of the Revival of the Dutch Herring Fishery after the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)

attributed to Willem Eversdijck, c. 1667 - c. 1670

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.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3829
  • Dimensionssupport: height 114.3 cm x width 163.2 cm, outer size: depth 5 cm (support incl. SK-L-6095)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Allegory of the Revival of the Dutch Herring Fishery after the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3829

  • Description

    Allegorie op de bloei van de Nederlandse visserij na de Tweede Engelse Zeeoorlog (1665-67). Groepsportret van Nederlandse admiraals staande aan de oever van de zee. Enkelen halen een net met vis binnen. Rechts enkele jagers met honden bij een grotto-achtige fontein met een standbeeld van Neptunus en zeepaarden. Voorgesteld zijn: David Vlugh (?), Aert van Nes (?), Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Isaac Sweers, Adriaen Banckert, Engel de Ruyter, Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Pieter Florisz (?), Cornelis Tromp (?), Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge, Jan Cornelisz Meppel, Aucke Stellingwerff, Egbert M. Kortenaer (?), Johan Evertsen de Oude, Pieter de Bitter en Jacob Binckes (?).

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: attributed to Willem Eversdijck

  • Dating

    c. 1667 - c. 1670

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 114.3 cm x width 163.2 cm
    • outer size: depth 5 cm (support incl. SK-L-6095)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1665 - 1670


Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    • purchase 2017-12-14
    • purchase 1950
    • interne vervaardiging 2017-12-14
    • interne vervaardiging 1950
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  • Provenance

    …; ? collection Jonkheer Johan Cornelis de Jonge (1793-1853), The Hague;{R. van Luttervelt, ‘Herinneringen aan Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter in het Rijksmuseum’, _Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum_ 5 (1957), pp. 28-70, esp. pp. 62-63.} ? his son, Jan Karel Jacob de Jonge (1828-1880), The Hague;{R. van Luttervelt, ‘Herinneringen aan Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter in het Rijksmuseum’, _Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum_ 5 (1957), pp. 28-70, esp. pp. 62-63.} his wife, Jonkvrouw Elizabeth Adriana de Jonge, née de Kock (1845-1932), The Hague and Lausanne; on loan to the Mauritshuis, The Hague, as Anonymous Dutch School, 1897-98;{Annual report of the Mauritshuis 1897, p. 75.}…; private collection, Switzerland, as Hendrick Berckman (‘Admiral Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter im Kreise seiner Flottenschefs und Offiziere’), 1945;{In that year it was on display in the Kunstmuseum in Basel; see H. Schneider, _Zwei Ausstellungen aus Privatbesitz in der Schweiz: Meisterwerke holländischer Malerei des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts im Kunstmuseum: 25 Werke von Vincent van Gogh in der Galerie M. Schulthess_, exh. cat. Basel 1945, p. 5, no. 6. According to R. van Luttervelt, ‘Herinneringen aan Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter in het Rijksmuseum’, _Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum_ 5 (1957), pp. 28-70, esp. p. 63, it was then already with the dealer Nathan Katz in Basel.}…; sale, Nathan Katz (1893-1949, Basel), Paris (M. Rheims, Galerie Charpentier), 7 December 1950, no. 3, as Hendrick Berckman (‘L’Admiral de Ruyter assistant à une cérémonie’), fr. 150,000, to the museum

  • Remarks

    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

  • Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).


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