# A Mediterranean Harbour Scene

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MINDERHOUT, Hendrik van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 170 x 246 cm

## Commentary

Minderhout painted marines, views of Antwerp and Bruges and from the 1670s onwards Mediterranean harbour scenes such as this picture which represents a harbour with merchants transporting their goods, muleteers loading their mules, laden camels transporting goods, together with a full-rigged merchantman firing a salute and other vessels and rowing boats in the background.

## Related artworks

- [A Levantine Harbour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/a-levantine-harbour-r9f54a771b7dcae>)
- [Extensive Rhenish Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/extensive-rhenish-landscape-rb8346cd52ba21c>)
- [Extensive View of a City](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/extensive-view-of-a-city-r02018966342c1e>)
- [The Battle of Lowestoft](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/the-battle-of-lowestoft-rc20baf9219a80a>)
- [The Handelskom at Bruges](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/the-handelskom-at-bruges-r90a99561717464>)

## Attribution

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