Ontvangst van de gezanten van de koning van Kandy, 1785, Jan Brandes, 1785

Identification

Title(s)

Ontvangst van de gezanten van de koning van Kandy, 1785

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-3-127

Description

Ontvangst in november 1785 van het gezantschap van Kandy door gouverneur Van de Graaff en een gezelschap hoge VOC-beambten met centraal de modlia of tolk Nicolas Dias Abayasinha Amarasekera. De ontvangstruimte is in potlood geschetst. De opschriften verwijzen naar de voorgestelde personen. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 1 (1808), p. 13 [militairen in dienst van de koning van Kandy].

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Colombo

Dating

10-Oct-1785 - 30-Dec-1785

Material and Technique

Material

paper
pencil

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 325 mm × width 416 mm

Subject

What

When

1785-11 - 1785-11

Where

Kandy

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 2-May-1985

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Collection of the artist; his daughters, Johanna Maria Brandes (1792-1813) and Charlotta Constantia Brandes (1796-1870), Skälsebo;{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} by descent to Erik Kellberg (1883-1960);{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} ? to Brite-Louise Mangs-Kellberg;{File RMA.}…; anonymous sale, London (Sotheby’s), 2 May 1985 sqq., no. 216, £ 50,000, with xx other drawings, to the dealer W. Graham Arader III, New York, for the Rijksmuseum, in exchange for eighteen drawings that were part of this lot, 1985

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

Documentation

Kaneel en olifanten. Sri Lanka en Nederland sinds 1600, p. 132, afb. 5.9
Cinnamon and Elephants : Sri Lanka and the Netherlands from 1600, p. 132, ill. 5.9
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. 301-303, 306-310, afb. 90
Joan Aalwis Widjejewarddene Senewiratne en de uijtgebreidheid van een mostaart Zaatje. Een Ceylonese beloningspenning uitgereikt door de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie in 1762, G.P. Sanders, p. 30, afb. 15

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