Stained glass windows of a bank building, formerly the building of the Nederlandsche Handelsmaatschappij

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Stained glass windows of a bank building, formerly the building of the Nederlandsche Handelsmaatschappij

Temminck Groll, Coenraad Liebrecht

Stained glass windows above the entrance of the former premises of the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij, currently (2006) Museum Bank Mandiri. Design: F.H. Abbing.

Symbolic depiction of the four seasons, with plenty in the centre. In the central skylight Cornelis Houtman is depicted with four ships, with on the left a seagoing vessel, on the right a Javanese. In the lower windows is an emblem of the NHM and the coats of arms of Batavia and Amsterdam.

Design of the building: A.P. Smits & C. van de Linde architects. Construction: 1929

1933, technical advisor to the NHM: J.J.J. de Bruin.

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Is part of:

Jakarta

Creator

Temminck Groll, Coenraad Liebrecht (photographer)

Period

September 1988

Material

paper

Technique

black/white photograph

Kind

photo

Dimension

15,5 x 23,5 cm15,5 x 23,5 cm

Number

TG0120

Owner

Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed

Tags

interior, detail, bank building, art / object, ornamentation (of building)

Sources and literature

Beekum, Radboud van, A.P. Smits (1881-1957), H. Fels (1882-1962), C. van de Linde (1886-1941) (2005)

Linde, C. van de, Kantoorgebouw der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij NV Factory Batavia (1934)