Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia, Jan Brandes, 1785

Identification

Title(s)

Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-7

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Eerst geeft No 1 de brandende stokjes van de taafel voor het graf aan de offeraars No 3 daar op maaken zy als No 4 en 5 op commando van No 1 ... daar de brandende stokjes in stonden daar zy mede de ceremonie maakten.’
inscription: ‘Deze Ceremonie heb ik voor de 2de maal gezien op den 4 april 1785. Afbeelding van de jaarlyksche offerceremonie der sinesen op haare graaven buyten Ba[tavia]’

Description

Kleurtekening van Chineese ceremonie tijdens het Tsingbing festival in Batavia. Rechts zwartwittekeningen van muziekinstrumenten. Boven: manier van knielen. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 11.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Jakarta

Dating

4-Apr-1785

Material and Technique

Physical features

Drawing, pencil and grey and coloured paint

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 155 mm

Subject

What

ritual practices ~ traditional Chinese religions

When

1779 - 1785

Where

Batavia

Who

Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie

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

Zijden draad : China en Nederland 1600-2015, afb. 6.10, p. 140
Silk thread, Tristan Mostert, fig. 6.10, p. 140
The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808, Max de Bruijn, p. 199-208 met afb., cat.nr. 51

Persistent URL

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