Boom op Ceylon. Singalese schalmij, Jan Brandes, 1785

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

Identification

Title(s)

Boom op Ceylon. Singalese schalmij

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-1-64

Description

Kleurtekening van een (klapper)boom en een blaasinstrument waarop marsmusiek wordt gespeeld voor de dragers van een palankijn. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 1 (1808), p. 101 en zie deel 2, p. 136.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Sri Lanka

Dating

Dec-1785

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 155 mm

Subject

What

When

1785 - 1786

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. 270 (afb.)

Persistent URL

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