Ontvangst van de gezanten van de koning van Kandy, 1785

Ontvangst van de gezanten van de koning van Kandy, 1785

NG-1985-7-3-127

Ontvangst in november 1785 van het gezantschap van Kandy door gouverneur Van de Graaff en een gezelschap hoge VOC-beambten met centraal de modlia of tolk Nicolas Dias Abayasinha Amarasekera. De ontvangstruimte is in potlood geschetst. De opschriften verwijzen naar de voorgestelde personen. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 1 (1808), p. 13 [militairen in dienst van de koning van Kandy].

draughtsman: Jan Brandes, Colombo

1785-10-10 - 1785-12-30

waterverf over schets in potlood, penseel in kleuren

height 325 mm x width 416 mm

Public domain

? Collection of the artist; his daughters, Johanna Maria Brandes (1792-1813) and Charlotta Constantia Brandes (1796-1870), Skälsebo;{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} by descent to Erik Kellberg (1883-1960);{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} ? to Brite-Louise Mangs-Kellberg;{File RMA.}…; anonymous sale, London (Sotheby’s), 2 May 1985 sqq., no. 216, £ 50,000, with xx other drawings, to the dealer W. Graham Arader III, New York, for the Rijksmuseum, in exchange for eighteen drawings that were part of this lot, 1985

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