Singalees met zonnescherm. Ingeklapt zonnescherm. Rug olifant met tuig., Jan Brandes, 1785

Identification

Title(s)

Singalees met zonnescherm. Ingeklapt zonnescherm. Rug olifant met tuig.

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-2-90

Description

Kleurtekening van een Singalees die een kleurig waaiervormig zonnescherm boven zijn hoofd draagt. Het scherm is zo'n twee meter lang. Daaronder eenzelfde scherm maar dan ingevouwen. Potloodschets van de rug van een olifant met tuig. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 2 (1808), p. 132.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Ja-Ela

Dating

Dec-1785

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 155 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

The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa, Max de Bruijn, p. 264 (afb.)

Persistent URL

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