View of the Harbor of Sūrat (Gujarāt)

View of the Harbor of Sūrat (Gujarāt)

SK-A-4778

View of Suratte, India. Anonymous, second half 17th century. For the VOC, the city of Suratte in northwest India was an important centre for the purchase of cotton fabrics to Suratte. The VOC brought spices, porcelain, Italian cloth and all kinds of curiosities for one of the principal Indian rulers, the Mughal emperor.

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painter: anoniem, Holland

c. 1670

olieverf op doek

• depth 5.2 cm
• height 80 cm x width 119 cm

purchase 1980-11-17

Public domain

…; sale, Jacob Theodor Cremer (1902-1979, New York), Amsterdam (Sotheby´s Mak van Waay), 17 November 1980, no. 12, as Dutch School (circa 1670), fl.32,000, to the museum

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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