Two pictures showing the funeral of the prince of Kandy in 1612

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Two pictures showing the funeral of the prince of Kandy in 1612

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius / Anoniem / Anonymous

Two pictures showing the funeral of the prince of Kandy in 1612.

This prince was the sun of Dona Catharina and Vimala Dharma Suriya, the Ceylonese rulers of Kandy. His mother was inconsolable when he died and had him buried with much pomp and ceremony.

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Is part of:

Kandy

Creator

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Period

ca. 1672

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

26,5 x 17,5 cm26,5 x 17,5 cm

Number

189 A 6 deel II, p. 32

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, cemetery / graveyard, Person, Asians, Africans & Americans, fauna, procession, European

Sources and literature

Baldaeus, Philippus, Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel: Derzelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige Eyland Ceylon (1672)

Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796 (1988)