Landscape with Fishermen and Farmers Extracting Peat in a Marsh — Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt

Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt. Painted 1783.

Here, peat –an important source of fuel –is being extracted from below the water table, a common technique in the west and north of the Netherlands. The man in the little boat dredges the peat from the water; it is then spread out on the ground. The woman in the distance stamps the peat drying in the sun into a hard mass. This is subsequently cut with a spade into easy-to-use blocks, which are then left to dry out fully.

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

panel, oil paint (paint) · Original size: 37.6 × 28.4 cm

Print: 37.6 × 28.4 cm, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt archival cotton paper. Museum-grade reproduction quality, true to the colours and detail of the original work.

Frame (optional): a custom-made wooden frame in a matte black finish, cut to the exact dimensions of this print, with an off-white passe-partout mat and protective glazing. Ready to hang.

Source: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20065066. Image released under CC0 by the Rijksmuseum.