Landscape with Fishermen and Farmers Extracting Peat in a Marsh, Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt, 1783

Identification title(s): landscape with fishermen and peat-cutting farmers in the peat bog. Object type: painting object number: sk-a-4946. Inscriptions / marks: signature and date, bottom right: 'h. W. Schweickhardt 1783'. Description: landscape with fishermen and farmers cutting peat in the peat bog. On the left a fisherman's house where nets are hanging to dry and a man is busy with baskets. On the right a worker is cutting peat. The peats are drying in piles on the land. In the foreground two boys with a fishing rod. Manufacture. Manufacturer: painter: hendrik willem schweickhardt. Date: 1783. Physical features: oil on panel. Material: oil paint panel. Dimensions: carrier: h 28. 4 cm. × w 37. 6 cm. Outer size: d 4. 4 cm. (carrier incl. Sk-l-), whole: g 1 kg (carrier incl. Sk-l-4672). Subject: what: peat-cutting, peat (soil type), landscapes in the temperate zone, angling. When: 1780 - 1800. Where: netherlands. Acquisition: purchase mar-1999. Object Type: painting. Genre: landscape painting. Date: 1783. Dimensions: height: 28.4 cm (11.1 in) ; width: 37.6 cm (14.8 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Landschap met vissers en turfstekende boeren in het laagveen, SK-A-4946