View from a window of several trees and a roof in Batavia

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View from a window of several trees and a roof in Batavia

Brandes, Jan

View from a window of several trees and a roof in Batavia. Also depicted are betel palms, a 'belimbing tree' and a soekon tree.

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Is part of:

Jakarta

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

1780-1785

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

19,5 x 15,5 cm19,5 x 15,5 cm

Number

NG-1985-7-1-121

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

survey / view, flora, building, house

Inscription

Een gezigt vanuit een venster buyten Batavia verbeeldende eenige klapper of kokosboomen ...

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)