A Mediterranean Harbour Scene
by MINDERHOUT, Hendrik van, Oil on canvas, 170 x 246 cm
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.