Commercial Fishery Collection

Fishing night Description gold coasts Guinea
Fishing by night Description of the gold coasts of Guinea (series title), At night fishing with nets and traps. The fishermen are in the water or are in a canoe. Some carry a torch

Fish cleaning woman, Hermanus Fock, 1781 - 1822

Big fish eat small fish, Pieter van der Heyden, Pieter Brueghel (I), Hieronymus Cock, 1557

The element of water, Jacob de Gheyn (II), 1595 - 1597

Water (Aqua), Jan van de Velde (II), 1603 - 1641

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Beneath the moonlit Guinea coast, the dance of the commercial fishery unfolds. A fish cleaning woman, reminiscent of Hermanus Fock's 18th-century portraits, expertly fillets her catch. The water, a vital element as depicted by Jacob de Gheyn II and Jan van de Velde II, teems with life. Big fish, like those depicted in Pieter van der Heyden's painting 'Big fish eat small fish' by Pieter Brueghel and Hieronymus Cock, patiently await their turn. The night's symphony of waves and the rhythmic sloshing of water against the shore sets the stage for another day of bountiful harvest in this timeless dance between man and nature.