# The Handelskom at Bruges

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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, 159,5 x 237 cm

## Commentary

Alongside the Van Oosts, a number of painters of lesser renown were active in Bruges in the mid-17th century. Only a few were of any real importance. Hendrik van Minderhout, a painter of seascapes, came from Rotterdam. This large seascape, The Handelskom \(town docks\) at Bruges, was probably painted in 1665, when the new harbour was inaugurated.

## Related artworks

- [A Levantine Harbour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/a-levantine-harbour-r9f54a771b7dcae>)
- [A Mediterranean Harbour Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/a-mediterranean-harbour-scene-r68ea897444dee9>)
- [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>)

## Attribution

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