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View of Canton

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View of Canton

Vingboons, Johannes

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Gezicht op Canton van de zeezijde.

View of the city of Canton, with mountains in the background.

In the foreground, several vessels of which some are flying the Dutch flag and Chinese vessels.

The city wall is depicted across the whole breadth of the image.

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Sources and literature

Gossselink, Martine, Land in Zicht: Vingboons tekent de Wereld van de 17de eeuw. (2007)