Trading posts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), Johannes Vinckboons (attributed to), c. 1662 - c. 1663

Title(s)

Trading posts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Gezicht op Cochin aan de kust van Malabar in India
Couchyn (title on object)

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-4471

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Couchyn.’

Description

Gezicht op de stad Cochin, aan de kust van Malabar. Gezien van de zee, rechts een Hollandse koopvaarder, op de voorgrond enkele roeiboten. Bovenaan de plaatsnaam Couchyn.

Artist

• painter: Johannes Vinckboons (attributed to)
• painter: anonymous (rejected attribution)

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1662 - c. 1663

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• linen (material)
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 97 cm × width 140 cm

What

• locations for trading
• coast

When

• 1650 - 1670

Where

• Kochi

Who

• Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie

Acquisition

transferred 1831

Copyright

Public domain

• Il viaggio : mito e scienza, Walter Tega, p. 240-43
• De Nederlandse ontmoeting met Azië 1600-1950, cat.nr. 84
• Mapping for money : maps, plans and topographic paintings and their role in Dutch overseas expansion during the 16th and 17th centuries, Kees Zandvliet, p. 219-220
• De verborgen wereld : Nederland en India vanaf 1550, Jos Gommans, p. 83, afb. 1.60
• The unseen world : the Netherlands and India from 1550, Jos Gommans, p. 83, ill. 1.61
• Documentatiemap Schilderijen: inventariskaart, conditierapport 1998, aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).