Friday, August 3, 2012

Fishing Boat

Mediterranean Fishing Boat, 16 x 12 oil on linen

These boats, called "lateen-rigged," are used for fishing from Portugal across the Mediterranean to Greece. This one, along with several other brilliantly-colored ones, was anchored in the harbor of Lerici, near Pisa. They've apparently been used for fishing since the second century B.C.

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