Count Van Randzow's estate near Colombo

Brandes, Jan

Count Van Randzow's estate near Colombo.

Depicted is a yard with coconut trees and a white building with a red tiled roof. The boy in the foreground in the blue suit is Jantje, son of the illustrator.

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Is part of:

Colombo

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

1785

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

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

Number

NG-1985-7-2-18

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Inscription

uitzigt van de kamer alwaar ik logeerde in de tuyn van de graaf van Randzaouw naar ...

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)