The King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha, Jan Brandes, 1785

Identification

Title(s)

The King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-23

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘de koning van Candi op Ceylon zittende op zyn throon’

Description

Kleurtekening van de koning van Kandy met kroon, rode muilen en in een geruit pak houdende een papierrol. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 37.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Colombo

Dating

10-Oct-1785 - 31-Dec-1785

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 155 mm

Subject

What

When

1785 - 1785

Where

Sri Lanka

Who

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)

Gezantschap van de VOC op audiëntie bij de vorst van Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha

Documentation

Kaneel & olifanten, Lodewijk J. 1945- Wagenaar, p. 116, afb. 4.10
Cinnamon and elephants, Lodewijk J. Wagenaar, p. 116, ill. 4.10
The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa, Max de Bruijn, p. 316-318, 319-323 met afb., cat.nr. 95
De Nederlandse ontmoeting met Azië 1600-1950, Kees Zandvliet, p. 256-257

Persistent URL

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