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Portrait of the king of Kandy

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Portrait of the king of Kandy

Brandes, Jan

Portrait of the king of Kandy on his throne. The illustrator, Jan Brandes, never saw this king in the flesh.

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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)