File:De Handelsloge Van De VOC In Hougly In Bengalen Rijksmuseum SK-A-4282.jpeg
De handelsloge van de VOC in Hougly in Bengalen, Hendrik van Schuylenburgh
Summary
Hendrik van Schuylenburgh: The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dutch: De handelsloge van de VOC in Hougly in Bengalen The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Trade lodge of the VOC in Hooghly, Bengal, by Hendrik van Schuylenbergh (ca. 1620–1689), oil on canvas, 1665. Left the river Ganges with a few ships. Above a long train of Indians is approaching, led by a Dutch trumpeter and banner carriers with Dutch flags, in the middle of the procession two Dutchmen let themselves be carried in a litter. To right of this is an encampment with an Indian dignitary in a tent, horses, cows, elephants and dromedaries. On the right side of the image a graveyard. Bottom right on a stele the marshaled arms of Pieter Sterthemius and Maria Calandrini. |
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Date | 1665 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | height: 203 cm (79.9 in); width: 316 cm (10.3 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accession number |
SK-A-4282 |
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Object history |
1926: acquired by |
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Exhibition history | 1990-1991, The Raj : India and the British 1600-1947, Londen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | www.rijksmuseum.nl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
Data and photography rights: "All data and all images made available through the API are either in the public domain or are subject to a CC0 license." https://www.rjksimuseum.nl/en/api/terms-and-conditions-of-use | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assessment
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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 20 March 2017. It was captioned as follows: English: Trade lodge of the VOC in Hooghly, Bengal, painted by Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, published in 1665 Other languages:
Čeština: Sídlo Nizozemské Východoindické společnosti (VOC) ve státě Hooghly, Bengálsko, obraz Hendrika van Schuylenburgha z roku 1665 English: Trade lodge of the VOC in Hooghly, Bengal, painted by Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, published in 1665 Español: Puesto comercial de la Compañía Neerlandesa de las Indias Orientales (VOC) a orillas del río Ganges en el distrito de Hugli, Bengala. Pintura de Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, realizada en 1665. Italiano: La loggia del commercio della Compagnia olandese delle Indie orientali nel Distretto di Hooghly in India in un dipinto del 1665 di Hendrik van Schuylenburgh. Magyar: A VOC kereskedelmi központja (Hooghly, Nyugat-Bengál, India). Festette: Hendrik van Schuylenburgh (1665) Nederlands: De factorij van de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie te Hoegly in Bengalen, geschilderd door Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, 1665 Polski: Obraz z 1665 roku pod tytułem „Faktoria VOC w Hugli w Bengalu” autorstwa holenderskiego malarza Hendrika van Schuylenburgha. Português: Feitoria da Companhia Holandesa das Índias Orientais (VOC) às margens do rio Ganges em Bengala. Pintura de Hendrik van Schuylenburgh (1620-1689), realizada em 1665. Македонски: Трговската ложа на Холандската источноиндиска компанија во Хугли, Бенгал. Слика на Хендрик ван Схејленбург, 1665 г. |
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