The Elephant Drive, Jan Brandes, 1786

Identification

Title(s)

The Elephant Drive

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-81

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘gärdetsgården ligger först tilreds, och hålena äro grafve, när elefanterna dar öfner äro jagada i skall så blir denna gärdetsgard med storsta snabhet in nom en halffierdels tiena up rest, och alsa äro elefander öfver 1000 mann instängd i lösa kralen, sedan förfölgs de widare med eld tromonar skramlas, skalowar, skatgewär som för.’

Description

Kleurtekening over twee pagina's van een massa Singalezen met fakkels en trommels bij een bamboehek waarachter olifanten rennen. Nr. 2 in de serie. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 122-123.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Ja-Ela

Dating

Dec-1786

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 310 mm

Subject

What

When

1785 - 1786

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. 164-165, ill. 6.9
Kaneel en olifanten. Sri Lanka en Nederland sinds 1600, p. 164-165, afb. 6.9
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. 262-275 met afb., cat.nr. 74

Persistent URL

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