Javaanse cavalerie, Jan Brandes, 1779 - 1785

Identification

Title(s)

Javaanse cavalerie

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-129

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘egte vertooning van Javaasche ruiters’

Description

Kleurtekening en inkttekening van de zadels van en de Javaanse ruiters zelf. De ruiters (omschreven als piekenier en fusilier) zijn Javaans gekleed en dragen sabels en krissen. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 199.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Jakarta

Dating

23-Jan-1779 - 26-Aug-1785

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush / pen

Measurements

height 63 mm × width 161 mm

Subject

What

warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen)

When

1779 - 1785

Where

Java

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

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. 222-226 met afb., cat.nr. 58

Persistent URL

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