Lascorijns of Singalese soldaten op Ceylon, Jan Brandes, 1785 - 1786

This work belongs to Album van Jan Brandes, deel 1 (NG-1985-7-1)

Identification

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-1-2

Description

Kleurtekening van een erf met een ataphuis waarop drie 'lascorijns', een hoofdman midden geflankeerd door een geweer en een pajungdrager, toelopen op een man met knot en lendedoek. Rechts twee vrouwen. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 1 (1808), p. 3.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Sri Lanka

Dating

1785 - 1786

Material and Technique

Material

paper
pencil

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 155 mm × width 195 mm

Subject

What

When

1785 - 1785

Where

Sri Lanka

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 2-May-1985

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

See the provenance for NG-1985-7-1.

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Is part of

Album van Jan Brandes, deel 1 (NG-1985-7-1)

Documentation

Kaneel & olifanten, Lodewijk J. 1945- Wagenaar, p. 58, afb. 2.6
Cinnamon and elephants, Lodewijk J. Wagenaar, p. 58, ill. 2.6
The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa, Max de Bruijn, p. 313 (afb.), 315-316, cat.nr. 93

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