Kleine vogel op tak, Jan Brandes, 1785

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

Identification

Title(s)

Kleine vogel op tak

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-1-40

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Deeze twee gevangen met lym in Batavia den 29 maart 1785, hy vangt koornbouten en vliegen al vliegende in de lugt, en zet zig telkens op een hooge verdorde tak van een boom om te ruten, schirtp als een belletje waare groote. Merops viridis g.’
inscription: ‘Certhia viridis?’
inscription: ‘waare groote, zingt of liever fluit, leeft van wormtjes in de boomen.’

Description

Kleurtekening een vogel, te Batavia 'met lijm gevangen' op ware grootte. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 1 (1808), p. 63.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Jakarta

Dating

29-Mar-1785

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 155 mm

Subject

What

birds

When

1785 - 1785

Where

Batavia

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. 423-426 met afb., cat.nr. 142

Persistent URL

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