Unidentified Dutch Painter (mid-17th Century), Dutch Whalers In The Arctic

Unidentified Dutch painter, middle 17th century
Dutch whalers in the Arctic on Spitsbergen
Oil on panel : 58,2 X 76,0 cm
Unsigned
Frame (needs to be replaced) : 74,4 X 92,4 cm

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Before petroleum, the fat under the whale’s skin was used as fuel in oil lamps and as wax in candles. During Summer, whale hunt became a very lucrative business in the Arctic waters and off Greenland. Once the animal had been killed with a harpoon it floated on the waters and could therefore easily be brought ashore. Here all its oil was won within two or three days by boiling large humps of it in large cauldrons.

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