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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Is part of:

Kandy

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

1985

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

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

Number

NG-1985-7-2-23

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

Asians, Africans & Americans, art / object, portrait, Person

Inscription

de koning van kandy op Ceylon zittende op zyn troon

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)