Boom op Ceylon, Jan Brandes, 1785 - 1786

Identification

Title(s)

Boom op Ceylon

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-16

Description

Kleurtekening van een tropisch landschap waarin centraal een grote boom met een figuurtje. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 25.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Sri Lanka

Dating

10-Oct-1785 - 14-Feb-1786

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 155 mm

Subject

What

trees

Where

Sri Lanka

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

Cinnamon and Elephants : Sri Lanka and the Netherlands from 1600, p. 58, ill. 2.7
Kaneel en olifanten. Sri Lanka en Nederland sinds 1600, p. 58, afb. 2.7

Persistent URL

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