View of the playhouse and lumber yard at Batavia

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View of the playhouse and lumber yard at Batavia

Hoffer, Andreas / Heydt, Johann Wolfgang

View of the playhouse and lumber yard at Batavia from the governor's house, with swans and ducks in the foreground.

Key: a-i

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Is part of:

Jakarta

Creator

Hoffer, Andreas (engraver / etcher)

Heydt, Johann Wolfgang (draughtsman)

Period

1737

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

242 x 278 mm242 x 278 mm

Number

RP-P-1961-477

Owner

Rijksmuseum AmsterdamKoninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, house, building, ship / vessel, shipyard, fauna, warehouse, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, key, play house / society

Inscription

Ein Prospect aus des General-Gouverneurs Lust- oder Spiel-Haus, nach der Edlen Compagnie Zimer-Werff in Batavia.

Sources and literature

Heydt, Johann Wolfgang, Allerneuester Geographische- und Topographischer Schau-platz, von Africa und Ost-Indien (1744)

Landwehr, J., VOC: A bibliography of publications relating to the Dutch East India Company 1602-1800 (1991)