View of the city of Raiebaagh

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View of the city of Raiebaagh

Vingboons, Johannes

View of the city of Raiebaagh, situated on the Kistna, or Krishna, river.

The painting shows several turbaned figures in the foreground. Two sloops sail the river.

Please contact Rijksmuseum Amsterdam for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Raiebaagh

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to painter)

Period

ca. 1665

Material

canvas

Technique

oil

Kind

painting

Dimension

97 x 140 cm97 x 140 cm

Number

SK-A-4473

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

survey / view, church / parsonage, fortification, ship / vessel, Asians, Africans & Americans, building

Inscription

Raiebaagh

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)

Gossselink, Martine, Land in Zicht: Vingboons tekent de Wereld van de 17de eeuw. (2007)