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Cornelis de Man: The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg  wikidata:Q17328502 reasonator:Q17328502
Artist
Cornelis de Man  (1621–1706)  wikidata:Q2282191
 
Cornelis de Man
Alternative names
Kornelis de Man, Kornelis Man
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and ornamental painter
Drawing of Cornelis de Man by Tako Hajo Jelgersma
Date of birth/death 1 July 1621 Edit this at Wikidata 1 September 1706 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Delft Delft or The Hague
Work location
Delft (1642), Paris, Lyon, Florence, Rome, Venice, Delft (ca. 1653-1706)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q2282191
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lnl,"Traankokerijen bij het dorp Smerenburg"
label QS:Len,"The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The whale-oil refinery of the Amsterdam chamber of the Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island off the coast of Spitsbergen. To the left the sea with whales and ships. To the right various installations with smoking chimneys and large groups of workmen.
Date 1639
date QS:P571,+1639-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 108 cm (42.5 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,108U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Room 2.9
Accession number
SK-A-2355
Place of creation Delft (?)
Object history by 1908
date QS:P,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland (1851-1913)

8 February 1908: sale of the collection of Duke of Sutherland at an unknown auction house, London, lot no. 66

March 1908: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Exhibition history Tentoonstelling ter herdenking van Michiel de Ruyter, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 23 May 1957–17 June 1957, cat. no.  27.
Credit line Purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
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Signature and date bottom right:

CDMAN 1639
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References Anonymous (1934) Catalogus der schilderijen pastels–miniaturen–aquarellen tentoongesteld in het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam, Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, p. 174, cat. no.  1515a, as Cornelis de Man, De Hollandsche traankokerijen op Jan Mayen Eiland, height: 106 cm (41.7 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,106U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
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Pieter J. J. van Thiel et al. (1976) All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Maarssen: Gary Schwartz, ISBN 90-6179-010-7, p. 360, cat. no.  A 2355, as Cornelis de Man, The whale-oil factory of the Amsterdam chamber of the Greenland Company on Jan Mayen Island, height: 108 cm (42.5 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,108U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Cornelis de Man, The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg, height: 108 cm (42.5 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,108U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
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RKDimages, Art-work number 21603, as Possibly Cornelis de Man, De traankokerij van de Amsterdamse Kamer van de Groenlandse Compagnie op Jan Mayen Eiland, height: 106 cm (41.7 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,106U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
Vereniging Rembrandt, as Cornelis de Man, De traankokerij van de Amsterdamse Kamer der Groenlandse Compagnie op Amsterdam Eiland bij Spitsbergen, height: 108 cm (42.5 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,108U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
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Web Gallery of Art, as Cornelis de Man, The Whale-oil Factory on Jan Mayen Island, height: 108 cm (42.5 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,108U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
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Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
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