Public domain
Salt mining in Zeeland, ca. 1600
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Salt mining in Zeeland according to the so-called darinkdelven, ca. 1600. Digging the darink out of the land, drying and burning to ash, transport by boat to the salt kettle, mixing with seawater and boiling to white salt. After an old painting in Zierikzee. In the margin, a three-line inscription in Dutch.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineZoutwinning in Zeeland, ca. 1600. in or after 1770. Jan Caspar Philips. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
