View of Colombo

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View of Colombo

Nelly, A. de / Rach, Johannes

Pencil and ink drawing illustrating a panorama of Colombo.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam attributes the drawing to A. de Nelly, but according to De Silva and Beumer it was executed by Johannes Rach.

Cf. National Library of Indonesia, inv. nr. BW 77.

Please contact Rijksmuseum Amsterdam for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Colombo

Creator

Nelly, A. de (assigned to draftsman)

Rach, Johannes (assigned to draftsman)

Period

ca. 1770

Material

paper

Technique

pen and brush

Kind

drawing

Dimension

316 x 492 mm316 x 492 mm

Number

NG-400-X

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

survey / view, fortification, ship / vessel, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, church / parsonage, house

Inscription

De Stadt en Kastel Von Colombo, Op Het Eyland Ceylon.

Sources and literature

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