This reproduction was published for the exhibition "From afar: Travelling materialsand objects" from September 22, 2021 to July 4, 2022 at the Louvre Museum. Antonio Tempesta (1555- 1630) Pearl Fishing in the Indies, oil on lapis-lazuli © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) - Franck Raux Pearls were seen as one of the great riches of America. Antonio Tempesta shows us the fishing: the men are busy in the water, diving from dug-out canoes and bringing the fruit of their harvest to the shore: pearl oysters opened before our eyes and all sorts of other shells destined for collectors.
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