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, Kees Zandvliet
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 84
Wonen in de wijde wereld, Willem Philippus Coolhaas, p. 32-43, cat.nr. 63
L'Europe et la découverte du monde, Gilberte Martin-Méry, cat.nr. 37 (afbeelding 18)
De verborgen wereld, Jos Gommans, p. 77, afb. 1.54, p. 127, afb. 2.28
The unseen world, Jos Gommans, p. 77, ill. 1.54, p. 127, ill. 2.28
Schilderijen van Bengaalse VOC-loges door Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, Martine Gosselink

Persistent URL

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