East Indiamen off a Coast

East Indiamen off a Coast

Het uitzeilen van een aantal Oost-Indiëvaarders uit het Marsdiep. In het midden het schip 'Mauritius'

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signature, in the middle of one of the flags of the large ship: ‘Vroom’

Departure of the fleet of Jacob van Neck, 1598 by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, 1599. After a fourteen-month voyage to Asia, in July 1599 Van Neck returned with a valuable cargo (mainly spices) to Amsterdam. It was the first successful Dutch trading expedition to the Indonesian archipelago. The voyage was financed by a group of Amsterdam merchants who combined to back the venture. Their example was soon emulated. Companies were formed in several cities. This was followed by the foundation of an umbrella enterprise. To be able to compete more effectively with foreign rivals, the grand pensionary, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt proposed that the different companies unite to form the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company or VOC) which was duly founded in 1602.

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

painter: Hendrik Cornelisz. Vroom (signed by artist)

c. 1600 - c. 1630

olieverf op doek

• height 104 cm x width 199 cm
• depth 4.5 cm

Gift of J.W. IJzerman, The Hague

gift 1930-04-10

Public domain

...; from H.A. Kuik-Visschersdam, Amsterdam, fl. 9,000, to the museum, with support from J.W. IJzerman, 1930

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

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