Reclining buddha near Colombo or Mulgirigala

Image

Reclining buddha near Colombo or Mulgirigala

Brandes, Jan

Reclining buddha near Colombo or Mulgirigala.

Please contact Rijksmuseum Amsterdam for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Colombo

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

1785

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

20,9 x 32,7 cm20,9 x 32,7 cm

Number

NG-1985-7-3-125

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

pagoda / temple, Asians, Africans & Americans, Person, art / object, monument / statue

Inscription

Dit beeld van groove aarde gemaakt legt in de graftombe in de heidensche Singalese tempel op Ceylon niet verre van Colombo

Sources and literature

Bruijn, M. de en R. Raben, The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: Drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa (2004)