Whaling Grounds in the Arctic Ocean

• Whaling Grounds in the Arctic Ocean
• The whaling grounds

SK-A-4102

Walvisvangst. Drie Hollandse walvisvaarders in de Poolzee tussen ijsbergen waar op walvissen wordt gejaagd. Het schip rechts draagt de naam 'De Jonas' op de spiegel. Rechts in de verte de bergen van een eiland. Op de voorgrond jaagt de bemanning van enkele sloepen op ijsberen. In het water bevinden zich ook enkele walrussen.

signature: ‘A. Storck Fecit’

painter: Abraham Storck

1654 - 1708

oil on canvas

• height 50.5 cm x width 66.5 cm
• depth 6 cm
• height 61.5 cm x width 77 cm

1650 - 1700

purchase 1964-07

Public domain

…; ? sale, sir Richard Williams Bulkeley et al. [section ‘The Trustees of captain R.A. Ogilby, deceased, late of Pellipar House, co. Londonderry’], London, 28 April 1922, no. 106, 84 pounds or gns, to ?Nason;{Copy RKD.} …; sale, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert James Leslie Ogilby (1880-1964, London) London (Sotheby’s), 8 July 1964, no. 17, fl. 16,078.95, to the museum

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