Chinese begraafplaats met graf van luitenant Kouw Tjanko

• Chineese Begraffplaatz van den Lieutenant Kouw Tjanko (title on object)
• Chinese begraafplaats met graf van luitenant Kouw Tjanko

NG-1985-7-3-148

De Chinese begraafplaats bij Brandes' huis buiten Batavia. De VOC bestuurt de Chinezen in Batavia door middel van Chinese voormannen waarvan de voornaamste de 'kapitein Chinees' is, daarna diens luitenants.

inscription: ‘Chineese Begraffplaatz van den Lieutenant Kouw Tjanko’

draughtsman: Jan Brandes, Batavia

1780-06-07 - 1785-08-26

penseel in grijs over schets in potlood

height 275 mm x width 430 mm

Opschrift in pen in handschrift en spelling die on-Brandes aandoen [Max de Bruijn, 1994].

purchase 1985-05-02

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

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.

Leonard Blussé, Strange company : Chinese settlers, mestizo women and the Dutch in VOC Batavia, Dordrecht 1986.

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