The Return to Amsterdam of the Second Expedition to the East Indies

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (signed by artist), 1599

Under the command of Jacob Cornelisz van Neck, eight Dutch ships set sail to the Indonesian Archipelago in 1598. The first four returned from Bantam (Java) a year later, on 19 July 1599. The other ships had sailed on to the Moluccas (Maluku Islands). They too returned, laden with nutmeg, mace and cloves.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-2858
  • Dimensionssupport: height 102.3 cm x width 218.4 cm, sight size: height 99.5 cm x width 216 cm, frame: height 129 cm x width 247 cm x depth 12 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • The Return to Amsterdam of the Second Expedition to the East Indies
    • The Return to Amsterdam of the Second Expedition to the East Indies, 19 July 1599

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-2858

  • Description

    De terugkomst in Amsterdam van de tweede expeditie naar Oost-Indië, de zgn. Tweede Schipvaart, onder leiding van Jacobus van Neck, op 19 juli 1599. De vier grote schepen Mauritius, Hollant, Overijssel en Vrieslant op het IJ omringd door tal van kleine scheepjes en volgeladen roeiboten. Rechts in de verte het profiel van Amsterdam.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, on one of the ships: ‘mavryse’
    • signature and date, lower left: ‘H Vroom F P Harlem 1599’
    • inscription, on the frame, in gold: ‘Den eersten Mey anno 1598 / Mauritius, Hollant, Overijssel en Vrieslant / Vier schepen syn geseylt om specery te halen / naar Bantam, hebben oock den handel daer geplant en quamen rijcklijc weer voor d'Amsterdamsche palen / Den negentienden Iuly anno 1599.’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1599

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 102.3 cm x width 218.4 cm
    • sight size: height 99.5 cm x width 216 cm
    • frame: height 129 cm x width 247 cm x depth 12 cm

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1599-07-19

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1921-04

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Kneppelhout, Oosterbeek;{Note RMA.} from Johanna Maria Kneppelhout van Sterkenburg (1851-1923), The Hague, fl. 5,000, to the museum, 1921; on loan to the Amsterdam Museum, 1975-2012

Documentation

  • Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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