Chinese soldaten, Jan Brandes, 1779 - 1785

Identification

Title(s)

Chinese soldaten

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-130

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘sinase soldaten van ieder slags’

Description

Kleurtekening en inkttekening van Chinese soldaten als in een parade. Linksonder de Kapitein Chinees, met sabel te paard. Eén soldaat is in tijgervel gekleed. Ze dragen pieken, geweren, schilden, trommels en sabels. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 200.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Jakarta

Dating

23-Jan-1779 - 26-Aug-1785

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush / pen

Measurements

height 100 mm × width 162 mm

Subject

What

warfare; military affairs (+ infantry)

When

1797 - 1785

Where

Jakarta

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, p. 1199-202, 207, 212 met afb., cat.nr. 52

Persistent URL

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