Pad naar de Overberg aan de Caap, Jan Brandes, 1786

Identification

Title(s)

Pad naar de Overberg aan de Caap

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-117

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘gezigt van het wagtershuysje by de kloof waardoor men van hottentots holland na ooverberg komt.’

Description

Kleurtekening over drie pagina's van een bergmassief en de weg langs een kloof die daar overheen voert. Links het wachthuisje, midden de heuvel met rode klei. De bergen zijn grijswit van boven, van marmer of albast volgens Brandes. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 178-180 en zie p. 177.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Zuid-Afrika

Dating

Dec-1786

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 465 mm

Subject

What

mountains

When

1786 - 1786

Where

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)

Kloof door Hottentots Holland naar de Overberg

Documentation

The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa, Max de Bruijn, p. 377-380 met afb., cat.nr. 117

Persistent URL

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