View of the governor-general's house within the walls of Batavia castle

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View of the governor-general's house within the walls of Batavia castle

Anoniem / Anonymous / Meurs, Weduwe van Jacob van

View of the governor-general's house within the walls of Batavia castle.

Goevernuers Huys Binnent Kasteel.

On the left the director-general's house, on the right the home and servants' quarters of the governor-general, otherwise known as the gouvernment.

In the background centre the castle church is visible, it has classical pillars and a coat of arms.

Cf. Westfries Museum, inv. nr. 15241.05.

The print from the Atlas Van Stolk, inv. nr. opposite page 1037 and Koninklijke Bibliotheek, inv. nr. 388 A 9 part II after 208 is black-and-white, the print from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Atlas van der Hagen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague Part 4, inv. nr. 1049B13_29) has been coloured in.

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Is part of:

Batavia, kasteel Jakarta

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Meurs, Weduwe van Jacob van (publisher)

Period

ca. 1682

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

print

Dimension

29,5 x 36 cm29,5 x 36 cm

Number

388 A 9 deel II, na p. 208

Owner

Koninklijke BibliotheekAtlas Van Stolk

Tags

survey / view, government building / residence, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, ornamentation (of building), Person, European, Asians, Africans & Americans, fortification, art / object, house, church / parsonage

Inscription

Goevernuers Huys Binnent Kasteel

Sources and literature

Nieuhof, Joan, Gedenkwaerdige zee- en lantreize (1682)