Illustration
The whale oil refinery of the Amsterdam chamber of the Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island off the coast of Spitsbergen. Oil on canvas, 1639.
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Rembrandt, P. b. t. R. A. w. s. o. t. V. (2022, January 09). A Whale Oil Refinery at Smeerenburg, Svalbard. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15096/a-whale-oil-refinery-at-smeerenburg-svalbard/
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Rembrandt, Purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with support of the Vereniging. "A Whale Oil Refinery at Smeerenburg, Svalbard." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 09, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15096/a-whale-oil-refinery-at-smeerenburg-svalbard/.
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Rembrandt, Purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with support of the Vereniging. "A Whale Oil Refinery at Smeerenburg, Svalbard." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 09 Jan 2022. Web. 19 Apr 2024.
