Author: BRUIJN, Max de & Remco RABEN [Eds]
Title: The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808. Drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa.
Description: Zwolle / Amsterdam, Waanders / Rijksmuseum, 2004. 29.5 x 25 cm. 542 pp. Clothbound with dustjacket. Profusely illustrated in colour. - 'The exquisite water-colours of Jan Brandes have been one of the best keep secrets of the history of the Dutch in Asia. They had remained hidden in private collections for almost two centuries, when the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam acquired them in 1985. Soon the oeuvre was recognized as one of the most original and revealing depictions of life in and around Dutch VOC establishments in Asia and Africa. - Fine copy.

Keywords: voc; kunst nederlands indië; art dutch east indies; 9789040087561


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