Verandah of Jan Brandes' house on Batavia, with his son and slave Bietja

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Verandah of Jan Brandes' house on Batavia, with his son and slave Bietja

Brandes, Jan

Verandah of Jan Brandes' house on Batavia, with his son and slave Bietja.

Standing on the verandah are two chairs and some toys, a wooden horse and a water-buffalo.

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Is part of:

Jakarta

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

2 maart 1784

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

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

Number

NG-1985-7-2-3

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

building, house, Asians, Africans & Americans, European, Person

Inscription

Jantje met de slavin Bietja op myn galery zittende speelen

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)