Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1859 no. 18.

Provenance: Ms Rosenørn (1859). Baron F. M. Rosenørn-Lehn, Oreby, his auction Winkel & Magnussen 90, 1931 no. 16, ill. p. 9. Engineer Johan Petersen, his estate auction Winkel & Magnussen 180, 1935 no. 22.

The motif is also depicted by Carl Bloch (1834–1890), that one sold at Bruun Rasmussen auction 912, 2023 no. 186, ill. p. 184. The two artists were friends and lived in 1858 at Snekkersten Inn and had become interested in painting the same motif, however with minor variations. The fishing gear is, among other things, positioned slightly differently around the pig house in Bloch and Dorph's versions, and where the pig in Bloch's painting sticks its head and snout out from the open hatch in the house, one can only see its back and ears in the present painting. In addition, Bloch has painted a boat behind the rushes on the right side, while Dorph has placed a pier in the same place.

Anton Dorph painted a repetition of the painting in 1864. This is owned by Flynderupgaard Museum, Helsingør, and was exhibited together with Carl Bloch's version at the exhibition “Kunstnere på Nordkysten”, Hammermøllen, Hellebæk, 2004.