View of Surat

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View of Surat

Anoniem / Anonymous / Backhuijsen, Ludolf

View of the harbour at Suratte.

Several ships at anchor in the harbour are flying the Dutch flag.

In the foreground several Europeans and indigenous people, of which some on horseback; below right a coach.

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Is part of:

Surat

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (painter)

Backhuijsen, Ludolf (copied after)

Period

ca. 1670

Material

canvas

Technique

oil

Kind

painting

Dimension

80 x 119 cm80 x 119 cm

Number

SK-A-4778

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

fortification, ship / vessel, survey / view, Person, fauna

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)