A Dutch wedding on Batavia

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A Dutch wedding on Batavia

Brandes, Jan

A Dutch wedding on Batavia.

The wedding reception is held in a vast hall with three mirrors. There are 19 slaves and 25 non-slaves in the hall.

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Is part of:

Jakarta

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

1779-1785

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

20,1 x 33 cm20,1 x 33 cm

Number

NG-369

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

Person, European, Asians, Africans & Americans, art / object, meeting / visit, survey / view, interior

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)