View of Colombo from the sea

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View of Colombo from the sea

Brandes, Jan

View of Colombo from the sea.

In the foreground a VOC vessel of which the sails are hanging out to dry.

Compare with the drawing by C.F. Reimer, Rijksmuseum inv.nr. RP-P-OB-47-453.

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Is part of:

Colombo

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

1785

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

25,5 x 40,8 cm25,5 x 40,8 cm

Number

NG-378

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

church / parsonage, building, ship / vessel, tower, survey / view

Inscription

De Stad Colombo op Ceylon uit het Noorden te zien in 't Jaar 1785 van de Rhee, met deszelfs afgebrooke en weder herbouwd wordende Kerk en Tooren

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)