The Blubber Cookery of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island near Spitsbergen

Artist: Cornelis de Man
Artwork: The Blubber Cookery of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island near Spitsbergen
Description: This painting depicts the operations of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island, an island in the Svalbard archipelago. The company was founded in 1614 to exploit the resources of the Arctic, including whales, seals, and walruses. The painting shows the company’s workers boiling blubber, the fatty layer of the whale, to extract oil, which was used for lighting and other purposes.
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