Fishermen and Farmers

Fishermen and Farmers

SK-A-1448

Fishermen and farmers, by Arent Arentsz called Cabel, first half 17th century. Because the population increased demand for food rose. Arable and livestock farming flourished. Large investments were made in agriculture. To obtain more land, massive areas still under water were drained dry to create polders. Agricultural products were not just for the Dutch market. Meat, cheese, butter, fruit, beer and tobacco were all exported in large quantities.

painter: Arent Arentsz.

c. 1625 - c. 1630

olieverf op paneel

• height 25.5 cm x width 50.5 cm x thickness 0.9 cm
• depth 5.5 cm
• weight 2 kg

purchase 1888-02

Public domain

...; sale, S.B. Bos (Harlingen), Amsterdam (F. Muller and Van Pappelendam & Schouten), 21 February 1888, nos. 3 and 4, fl. 560, to Roos, for the museum;{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 168, no. 286 (3 March 1888, no. 525); RANH, ARS, Kop, inv. 289, p. 172, no. 387 (7 March 1888).} on loan to the Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1924-27 (_Fishermen and Hunters_ only); on loan to the Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, since 1959 (_Fishermen and Hunters_ only)

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