Chinese begraafplaats met graf van Kapitein Oeng Juko, anonymous, 1779 - 1785

Identification

Title(s)

Chinese begraafplaats met graf van Kapitein Oeng Juko
Chineese begrafplaatz van Capt. Oeng Juko (title on object)

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-3-158

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Chineese begrafplaatz van Capt. Oeng Juko’

Description

Chinese begraafplaats in Batavia met het graf van kapitein Oeng Juko. Met opschrift. De VOC bestuurde de Chinezen in Batavia door middel van voormannen waarvan de voornaamste de titel 'kapitein' had. Deze begraafplaats is waarschijnlijk die vlak bij Brandes' huis buiten Batavia.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: anonymous

Place

Batavia

Dating

1779 - 1785

Material and Technique

Material

paper
pencil

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 250 mm × width 384 mm

Subject

What

churchyard, cemetery

When

1779 - 1785

Where

Batavia

Who

Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 2-May-1985

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Collection Jan Brandes (1743-1808); 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

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. 206 (afb.)
Johan Leonard Blussé, Strange company : Chinese settlers, Mestizo women and the Dutch in VOC Batavia, Leiden 1986.

Persistent URL

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