Paradise Flycatcher, Jan Brandes, 1785

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

Identification

Title(s)

Paradise Flycatcher

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-1-38

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘glinsterd als zilver. waare groote. muscicapa paradisi á femina? 9 Nov 1785 Ceylons Vogeltje, waarvan de dames de twee lange staartvederen op het hooft draagen.’

Description

Kleurtekening over twee pagina's van een vogel van Ceylon waarvan 'de dames de twee lange staartvederen op het hooft draagen'. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 1 (1808), p. 58-59.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Sri Lanka

Dating

9-Nov-1785

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 310 mm

Subject

What

birds

When

1785 - 1785

Where

Sri Lanka

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

The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808 : drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa, Max de Bruijn, An Duits, Remco Raben, p. 423-425, 437-438 met afb., cat.nr. 150

Persistent URL

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