Pecheur Collection

Night scene with the fishermen. Fresco of the Sala del Consiglio (Council Hall), 1839
VEN5027148 Night scene with the fishermen. Fresco of the Sala del Consiglio (Council Hall), 1839, by Prospero Minghetti (1786-1853)

Black place - Fishermen cleaning and storing fish on pallets - Pollock, Pollachius virens
FLO4725338 Black place - Fishermen cleaning and storing fish on pallets - Pollock, Pollachius virens, and fish wives washing fish in tubs and arranging them on palettes

European trout - Fishing technique using artificial rapids to catch fish - Sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 98, charr
FLO4725921 European trout - Fishing technique using artificial rapids to catch fish - Sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 98, charr, Salvelinus alpinus alpinus 99

Capelin (from France or Mediterreanee) - Arrival of a fishing vessel from the New World in a European port - Poor cod
FLO4725287 Capelin (from France or Mediterreanee) - Arrival of a fishing vessel from the New World in a European port - Poor cod, Trisopterus minutus Gadus minutus 86

Ainou - Ainu man, north Japan, wearing hat and decorated robe with laced shoes, fishing with a rod
FLO4724423 Ainou - Ainu man, north Japan, wearing hat and decorated robe with laced shoes, fishing with a rod, a knife and tobacco pipe hang from his belt - Handcoloured woodcut by F

Indigenous boats sailing, fishing off Tinian Island, Mariana Islands (USA)
FLO4636204 Indigenous boats sailing, fishing off Tinian Island, Mariana Islands (USA). Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amerique et

A group of indigenous Palawa from Tasmania, Australia, fishing in a river
FLO4636107 A group of indigenous Palawa from Tasmania, Australia, fishing in a river. Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amerique et

Inuit (Eskimo) family in sealskin clothes, and man with kayak walking to a fishing boat in Greenland
FLO4621724 Inuit (Eskimo) family in sealskin clothes, and man with kayak walking to a fishing boat in Greenland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Ricci from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Wooden bridge and waterfall at the River Roccie, Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso
FLO4620423 Wooden bridge and waterfall at the River Roccie, Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Neck's Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius
FLO4612076 Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Neck's Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius, dodo bird (2) and extinct giant tortoise, Cylindras inepta (1)

Native American fishing boats in front of New Eddystone Rock, a pillar of basalt in Alaska
FLO4621353 Native American fishing boats in front of New Eddystone Rock, a pillar of basalt in Alaska. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Mackerel fishing methods: fortified canals for trapping fish and fishing boats encircling the fish bank - Atlantic
FLO4725615 Mackerel fishing methods: fortified canals for trapping fish and fishing boats encircling the fish bank - Atlantic thazard - Pilot fish - Mackerel fishing methods

Fishing huts and boats on the Bragance River (Brazil). Lithography for the book
FLO4635903 Fishing huts and boats on the Bragance River (Brazil). Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amerique et d'Australie" by

Fishing in Kamogawaa- Kyoto - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4980992 Fishing in Kamogawaa- Kyoto - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Fishing in Kamogawaa- Kyoto - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Landscape with peasant and bridge has the countryside. Painting by Giuseppe Zais (1709-1789)
VEN5032880 Landscape with peasant and bridge has the countryside. Painting by Giuseppe Zais (1709-1789). Accademia dei Concordi

Representation of miraculous fishing: Peter and Andre after collecting many fish in their nets will become men's
VEN5027414 Representation of miraculous fishing: Peter and Andre after collecting many fish in their nets will become men's fishermen - Page of the manuscript of the Bible of Borso d'Este

Native Americans of Nootka Sound bringing kayaks and fishing boats to shore in front of large houses of cedar wood
FLO4621554 Native Americans of Nootka Sound bringing kayaks and fishing boats to shore in front of large houses of cedar wood

Exterior of an underground Alut house in Unalaska with children playing and men fishing in kayaks
FLO4620959 Exterior of an underground Alut house in Unalaska with children playing and men fishing in kayaks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Un garcon installe a son petit frere un seau d'eau dans lequel il plonge sa canne a peche
COI4130838 Un garcon installe a son petit frere un seau d'eau dans lequel il plonge sa canne a peche. Gravure du journal "Gazette des Enfants", 1895

Common or European hake, or hake, colinet or bardot - preparation and salting of fish in a North American shed
FLO4725307 Common or European hake, or hake, colinet or bardot - preparation and salting of fish in a North American shed - Whiting, Merlangius merlangus 92 and hake, Merluccius merluccius 93

Mulet cabot - Mule net fishing on a river - Grey mullet, Mugil cephalus 124,126
FLO4725934 Mulet cabot - Mule net fishing on a river - Grey mullet, Mugil cephalus 124,126, and fishermen using nets on a river to catch mullet

Atlantic Salmon - Capture technique for salmon with nets under a bridge - Silver or Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, male
FLO4725849 Atlantic Salmon - Capture technique for salmon with nets under a bridge - Silver or Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, male, and methods of catching salmon with nets under a bridge

Fishing boats in Vaage, Norway. In February and March, 300 boats manned by 20,000 fishermen assemble here
FLO4722047 Fishing boats in Vaage, Norway. In February and March, 300 boats manned by 20,000 fishermen assemble here. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway

Le petit pecheur. Gravure du journal "Gazette des Enfants", 1895. Collection privee Jean-Paul Paireault
COI4130886 Le petit pecheur. Gravure du journal "Gazette des Enfants", 1895. Collection privee Jean-Paul Paireault.; (add.info.: Le petit pecheur)

Bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus 50, and tuna fishing method with many boats raising a net encircling a school of tuna 51
FLO4725691 Bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus 50, and tuna fishing method with many boats raising a net encircling a school of tuna 51

Mackerel (or mackerel) - Fishing techniques, on a large boat with long lines and hooks
FLO4725659 Mackerel (or mackerel) - Fishing techniques, on a large boat with long lines and hooks and on a boat with net -Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus 45

Chinese costumes: a guard in a tiger suit, a monk burning an offering, merchants negociating a deal, a walking barber
FLO4634272 Chinese costumes: a guard in a tiger suit, a monk burning an offering, merchants negociating a deal, a walking barber, and fishermen carrying their boat and fishing birds, circa 1800

Group of chamarro reparting and checking their fishing nets, on the coast of the Mariana Islands (USA). Others sin
FLO4636290 Group of chamarro reparting and checking their fishing nets, on the coast of the Mariana Islands (USA). Others sin

Cod fishery in the New World. Men landing cod, gutting and drying fish at a factory on the coast
FLO4621812 Cod fishery in the New World. Men landing cod, gutting and drying fish at a factory on the coast. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Inuit (Eskimo) men in fishing boats hunting whales with harpoons at sea, and others on the ice hunting seals
FLO4621757 Inuit (Eskimo) men in fishing boats hunting whales with harpoons at sea, and others on the ice hunting seals and fish with spears

Whaling chart. Engraving by Bernard De Reste, 1791, Paris
BEN5481289 Whaling chart. Engraving by Bernard De Reste, 1791, Paris.; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Shallow water shells and shellfish harvesting - Shell-picking - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4980242 Shallow water shells and shellfish harvesting - Shell-picking - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info)

Atlantic Salmon (female) - Fishing technique with nets and grilles, stretdus a travaers la riviere
FLO4725822 Atlantic Salmon (female) - Fishing technique with nets and grilles, stretdus a travaers la riviere, just after spawning - Female Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

Horse mackerel - Fishermen leading to the boat their nets filled with tuna so that other fishermen on the shore catch
FLO4725721 Horse mackerel - Fishermen leading to the boat their nets filled with tuna so that other fishermen on the shore catch them with hooks - Fishermen in boats driving tuna to the shore with

Huchon (or Danube salmon) and Coregone Lavaret (lavaret) - boat fishermen, using poles and lines - Danube salmon
FLO4725947 Huchon (or Danube salmon) and Coregone Lavaret (lavaret) - boat fishermen, using poles and lines - Danube salmon, Hucho hucho endangered 101, whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus 102

European trout and river trout - Method of fishing for trout using a wooden dam with nets and grids - Sea trout
FLO4725880 European trout and river trout - Method of fishing for trout using a wooden dam with nets and grids - Sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 96, brown trout, Salmo trutta fario 97

Yellow place - Fish drying work in a cabin, 18th century - Pollack, Pollachius pollachius 97
FLO4725290 Yellow place - Fish drying work in a cabin, 18th century - Pollack, Pollachius pollachius 97, and workers preparing and drying fish in a shed, Europe, 18th century

Fishermen catching eels in a net, while another spears one from a boat, Europe, 18th century
FLO4725141 Fishermen catching eels in a net, while another spears one from a boat, Europe, 18th century. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural

Japanese fisherman's family, man in white shirt and pants with large hat, woman in kimono and skirt
FLO4724435 Japanese fisherman's family, man in white shirt and pants with large hat, woman in kimono and skirt, child in pyjamas - Handcoloured woodcut by Degreef from " Moeurs

Greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat, Noctilio leporinus. (Peruvian bat, Vespertilio leporinus)
FLO4641056 Greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat, Noctilio leporinus. (Peruvian bat, Vespertilio leporinus) Illustration copied from Comt de Buffon

Aleutian natives building boats and drying fish at a village in the Nushagak area, Bristol Bay (Porto dei Francesi)
FLO4621036 Aleutian natives building boats and drying fish at a village in the Nushagak area, Bristol Bay (Porto dei Francesi), Alaska

Prehistory: Fishermen at the time of polished stone. Neolithic era. 1870 engraving
THT4429465 Prehistory: Fishermen at the time of polished stone. Neolithic era. 1870 engraving.; (add.info.: Prehistory: Fishermen at the time of polished stone. Neolithic era)

A Korean fisherman's family smoking pipes and playing go, Asian board game. Illustration by Toioske
FLO4688494 A Korean fisherman's family smoking pipes and playing go, Asian board game. Illustration by Toioske. Handcoloured lithograph by J

Costume of a fisherman's wife, France, late 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's
FLO4656524 Costume of a fisherman's wife, France, late 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's " Female Costumes Historical

Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod or common cod, or cod) - Scene on board a factory ship
FLO4725285 Atlantic cod (Atlantic cod or common cod, or cod) - Scene on board a factory ship, with work of cleaning and salting fish on deck, then storage in hold - Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua 88

Fisherman Moored at a Bank (oil on canvas)
NGW185777 Fisherman Moored at a Bank (oil on canvas) by Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille (1796-1875); 33x46.7 cm; National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

The beach of Sainte Adresse, 1867 (oil on canvas)
JLJ4650657 The beach of Sainte Adresse, 1867 (oil on canvas) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); 93x130 cm; (add.info.: the beach of Sainte Adresse. Painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926) 1867 Dim

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"Fishers Spreading Their Nets: A Glimpse into the Life of Pecheurs" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the world of pecheurs, as depicted through various artworks and historical references. In "Fishers Spreading Their Nets, " a captivating oil painting from 1872, we witness the laborious task of fishermen casting their nets, capturing both the beauty and hardships of their trade. Transporting us to another coastal scene, "The beach of Sainte Adresse" showcases an idyllic setting painted in 1867. Here, we can almost feel the salty breeze as Indian servants don jaliya attire resembling fisherman garb or harkara outfits symbolizing messengers. These glimpses into different cultures highlight the diverse roles that individuals played within society during this era. Moving forward to the 20th century, Fernand Van Den Bussche's masterpiece "Pecheurs dans la Vieux Port de Marseille" captures a vibrant moment in time. This painting is part of Collection foundation regards de Provence in Marseille - a testament to its significance within art history. Delving deeper into history, we encounter intriguing depictions such as animals portrayed with human characteristics. In a miniature from a German translation of "Kalila (Calila) and Dimna, " dating back to the 15th century, we witness a dog and monkey asserting dominance over a weasel – an allegorical representation reflecting power dynamics prevalent even among nature's creatures. Shifting our focus across continents, Newfoundland comes alive through Ferrario's depiction of cod fishing made by its inhabitants in his work titled "Le costume ancien et moderne. " This glimpse into traditional practices sheds light on how fishing shaped communities' identities throughout history. Returning to Mediterranean shores, Adolphe Joanne's etching illustrates fishermen drawing their nets from beaches during Menton and Bordighera's journey in 1871.