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The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg, 1639 (oil on canvas)

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The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg, 1639 (oil on canvas)

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Man, Cornelis de (1621-1706) / Dutch

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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oil on canvas

Date

1639 AD (C17th AD)

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108x205 cms

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Imagined view of Smerenburg on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, settlement of Dutch whalers, mountain left probably on Jan Mayen Island (Beerenberg). Strips of whale blubber are boiled and rendered into train oil in try-pots on the beach. It was a good alternative to vegetable oils for candles, lubricants, lamp oil and soap..

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