A Dutch Factory in Bengal, probably Cossimbazar, Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, c. 1665

Identification

Title(s)

A Dutch Factory in Bengal, probably Cossimbazar
Dutch Plantation in Bengal

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4283

Description

Hollandse plantage in Bengalen, waarschijnlijk de VOC-loge Kazimbazar (Cossimbāzār). Links een tank met watervogels, rechts een plantage. Rechtsboven een stoet Indiërs. Pendant van SK-A-4282.

Creation

Artist

painter: Hendrik van Schuylenburgh

Dating

c. 1665

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 135 cm × width 208 cm

Subject

What

Where

Who

Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 1881

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by Pieter Sterthemius († 1676) for East India House, Middelburg, c. 1665;…; purchased by the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague (inv. no. 149), in or before 1881; transferred to the museum, 1885; on loan to the Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam, since 1981

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Mapping for money : maps, plans and topographic paintings and their role in Dutch overseas expansion during the 16th and 17th centuries, Kees Zandvliet
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 84
Wonen in de wijde wereld, p. 32-43, cat.nr. 63
L'Europe et la découverte du monde, Carlo J. Argan, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Gilberte Martin-Méry, Gaëtan Picon, Reynaldo dos Santos, cat.nr. 37 (afbeelding 18)
De verborgen wereld : Nederland en India vanaf 1550, Jos Gommans, p. 77, afb. 1.54, p. 127, afb. 2.28
The unseen world : the Netherlands and India from 1550, Jos Gommans, p. 77, ill. 1.54, p. 127, ill. 2.28
Schilderijen van Bengaalse VOC-loges door Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, Martine Gosselink

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