Masked Javanese dance, topeng, on Batavia

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Masked Javanese dance, topeng, on Batavia

Brandes, Jan

Masked Javanese dance on Batavia.

Shown are three Javanese dancers, seated musicians and the audience in an open building of bamboo with roof.

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Is part of:

Jakarta

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

1779-1785

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

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

Number

NG-1985-7-2-66

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

survey / view, interior, art / object, Person, Asians, Africans & Americans

Inscription

Javaansche pantomime genaamt Toping, wordt gespeeld door een kaerel in vrouwekledeeren onder het javaansche musicq / Toping

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)