View of the city of Cochin

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View of the city of Cochin

Vingboons, Johannes

View of the city of Cochin with an East Indiaman depicted right, flying the Dutch flag.

The city numbers several bays and its perimeter wall and several churches are clearly visible.

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Is part of:

Cochin

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to painter)

Period

ca. 1665

Material

canvas

Technique

oil

Kind

painting

Dimension

97 x 140 cm97 x 140 cm

Number

SK-A-4471

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

fortification, survey / view, building, church / parsonage, Person, ship / vessel

Inscription

Couchyn.

Sources and literature

Zandvliet, K., Mapping for Money: Maps, plans and topographic paintings and their role in Dutch overseas expansion during the 16th and (1998)

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