View over Galle, Jan Brandes, 1785 - 1786

Identification

Title(s)

View over Galle

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-104

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘vlaggestoksstraat daar ik logeerde by Hr Otto / dit is de muur van de vlagge stok / gereformeerde kerk / de hoogberg / s'Compagnies Pakhuis / adams berg’
inscription: ‘De stad Gale op Ceylon’

Description

Kleurtekening over drie pagina's van de stad Galle op Ceylon met het commandeurshuis, de gereformeerde kerk, het Compagnie's pakhuis en in het verschiet de Adamsberg. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 148-150, 175. (Rechts van p. 150 hoort in deel 2, p. 175.)

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Galle

Dating

31-Dec-1785 - 14-Feb-1786

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 465 mm

Subject

What

city-view in general; 'veduta'

When

1785 - 1790

Where

Galle

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 2-May-1985

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

See the provenance for NG-1985-7-2.

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 2 (NG-1985-7-2)

Documentation

Kaneel & olifanten, Lodewijk J. 1945- Wagenaar, p. 90, afb. 3.10
Cinnamon and elephants, Lodewijk J. Wagenaar, p. 90, ill. 3.10
The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa, Max de Bruijn, p. 339-343 met afb., cat.nr. 103

Persistent URL

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