No. 2, Fielafjeeren van de Buysch (Putting the nets onboard), from "The Herring Catch", c. 1780
Porcelain Axe (Porceleyne Bijl) Factoryexpand_more
Tin-glazed earthenwareexpand_more
Gift of Samuel and Patricia McCulloughexpand_more 2017.45.2
On View in Gallery 332expand_more
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. 2, Fielafjeeren van de Buysch (Putting the nets onboard), from "The Herring Catch"
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- 2017.45.2
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