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An image of the death of the Dutch navigator and explorer, Willem Barents, made over 200 years after the event. Sailing from Amsterdam, Barents made three voyages in 1594, 1595, and 1596–1597 in search of the North-East Passage to Asia. On the first two expeditions he reached Novaya Zemlya, a group of islands in northern Russia. On the third voyage he discovered an island called Bereinland and Spitsbergen, and rounded the north point of Novaya Zemlya where he became marooned, when his ship was crushed in the ice and they were forced to winter there. They were the first Europeans to winter so far north and their wintering place became known as 'Huys, or 'The Barents House', which remained undisturbed for nearly 300 years. After the winter the crew started for the mainland in two small boats but Barents died on the way. There were only 12 survivors from the expedition.
Title
The Death of Willem Barents, 20 June 1597
Date
1836
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 99 x W 133.3 cm
Accession number
BHC0359
Acquisition method
on loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK, from a private lender
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
C. J. L. Portman 1836
