Portrait of Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens, Governor of the Cape Colony and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Jan Willem Pieneman, 1815 - 1838

Title(s)

Portrait of Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens, Governor of the Cape Colony and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2219

Description

Portret van jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens (1762-1838). Gouverneur van de Kaapkolonie en gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Oost-Indië. Ten halven lijve, in uniform, het hoofd naar rechts. Sedert 1815 drager van het grootkruis van de Militaire Willemsorde.

Artist

• painter: Jan Willem Pieneman

Dating

1815 - 1838

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 77.5 cm × width 62 cm
depth 9 cm

What

• historical persons
• colonial governor

When

• 1815 - 1838

Where

• Dutch East Indies, The
• Cape of Good Hope

Who

• jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens

Credit line

• W.M. Janssens-Arriëns Bequest, The Hague

Acquisition

bequest Mar-1906

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Schrijfkabinet van Gouverneur Janssens