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Sebastian Pether, Dutch Shipping
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- Trewithen
- Title(s)
- Dutch Shipping
- Date
- ? c.1820s
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 48 cm, Overall width: 75 cm
- Artist
- Sebastian Pether (1790-1844)
- Catalogue Number
- TN38
Description
The picture depicts a Dutch spritsail fishing vessel, laden with a cargo of barrels, probably containing herring, a staple of the Dutch fishing industry. It can be attributed with confidence to Sebastian Pether, whose initials, ‘S.P’., are inscribed on the white sail. For Pether’s biography see TN9.