Taming a Wild Elephant in the Temporary Stable, rear view, Jan Brandes, 1785

Identification

Title(s)

Taming a Wild Elephant in the Temporary Stable, rear view

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-89

Description

Achteraanzicht in kleur van een stal, een bamboe raamwerk waarindrie olifanten vast zijn gebonden. Bij de stal zijn Singalezen in de weer met touwen. De middelste olifant wordt met water overgoten. Met opschrift. Nr. 12 in serie. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 131.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Ja-Ela

Dating

Dec-1785

Material and Technique

Material

paper
pencil

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 155 mm

Subject

What

trunked animals: elephant

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

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Relations

Is part of

Album van Jan Brandes, deel 2 (NG-1985-7-2)

Documentation

Kaneel & olifanten, Lodewijk J. 1945- Wagenaar, p. 166, afb. 6.13
Cinnamon and elephants, Lodewijk J. Wagenaar, p. 166, ill. 6.13
The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808, Max de Bruijn, p. 262-271, 289 (afb.), 291-293, cat.nr. 83
Het machtige eyland, Roosannie Kromhout, p. 34 (afb.)

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