two women and a man with barrel of fish at C; woman at L is seated in chair next to barrel, holding a fish by its tail in PL hand, and pointing at it with PR hand; woman at L holds two fish by tails and is looking down at seated woman's fish; man at L holds and gestures at fish; 3 trees in middle ground; building at R; church and shrubbery in background

No. 8, Verkoope van de Haring (The selling of the herring), from "The Herring Catch", c. 1780

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This series of twelve plates is painted with scenes related to fishing for herring. While undistinguished in appearance, this silver fish was an abundant source of food in the North Sea and supported a vast fishing industry in the Netherlands. Herring fishing accounted for such a large percentage of the wealth of the Dutch Republic that Amsterdam was said to have been built on herring bones.

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No. 8, Verkoope van de Haring (The selling of the herring), from "The Herring Catch"
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2017.45.8
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two women and a man with barrel of fish at C; woman at L is seated in chair next to barrel, holding a fish by its tail in PL hand, and pointing at it with PR hand; woman at L holds two fish by tails and is looking down at seated woman's fish; man at L holds and gestures at fish; 3 trees in middle ground; building at R; church and shrubbery in background