On a number of occasions, Peter Paul Rubens partially overpainted finished pictures. He did this to paintings by his own hand, such as Nymphs and Satyrs (P1666), which he retouched and enlarged twenty years after he first painted it. He also made changes to drawings and paintings by other artists that he owned. This painting is an example of such reworking, albeit in a radical mode that changed th
En un puerto, los habitantes de la aldea enclavada en el acantilado que cierra el espacio por la derecha están ocupados en diversas tareas: cargando y afianzando las mercancías en las barcazas ancladas en la orilla, pescando o reparando un bote. En el primer plano, a la derecha, tres hombres se han sentado a descansar en torno a una hoguera encendida bajo un chamizo protegido por las rocas y el ár