Portrait of the Cock Blomhoff Family, their Wetnurse and two Enslaved Servants

attributed to Ishizaki Yushi, 1817

When the director Jan Cock Blomhoff travelled to Japan in 1817, he did something highly unusual: he took along his family. Western women were not allowed onto Deshima. Titia, her young son and the wetnurse thus had to leave the country a few months later. A Japanese artist portrayed the family. From left to right are: Jan Cock Blomhoff, the wetnurse Petronella Munts, Titia Cock Blomhoff-Bergsma, her son Jan and two enslaved Javanese servants: Maraty and an unknown boy.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberNG-2008-64
  • Dimensionsheight 95.7 cm x width 173.3 cm x depth 3.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicspaint on silk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of the Cock Blomhoff Family (former title)
    • Portrait of the Cock Blomhoff Family, their Wetnurse and two Enslaved Servants

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-2008-64

  • Description

    Schildering in kleuren op zijde, voorstellende de familie Cock Blomhoff, hun min en twee tot slaaf gemaakte bedienden. Links op de stoel: Jan Cock Blomhoff, 'opperhoofd' van de handelspost Deshima. Staande naast de canapé de min Petronella Munts. Zittend op de canapé: Titia Cock Blomhoff-Bergsma. Haar zoontje Jan staat tegen haar aan, rechts twee tot slaaf gemaakte Javaanse bedienden, Maraty (zittend) en een onbekende jongen (staand).

Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: attributed to Ishizaki Yushi, Japan
    • painter: Kawahara Keiga, Japan

  • Dating

    1817

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    paint on silk

  • Dimensions

    height 95.7 cm x width 173.3 cm x depth 3.3 cm

Explanatory note

  • De schildering werd gemaakt n.a.v. het bezoek dat mevrouw Cock Blomhoff in 1817 bracht aan haar man op Deshima.

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1800 - 1825

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Mondriaan Stichting, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds, the K.F. Hein Fonds and the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2008-12-17

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Collection Jan Cock Blomhoff (1779-1853) Amersfoort; ? his son, Johannes Cock Blomhoff (1816-1900), Amersfoort; ? his widow, Sara Maria van de Poll (1823-1907), Amersfoort; through the family to the Van de Poll-Wolters-Quina Stichting; from whom on loan to the museum, 1987-2008 (inv. no. NG-BR-966);{Note RMA.} from whom, €300,000 to the museum, with support from the BankGiro Loterij, the Mondriaan Stichting, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds, the K.F. Hein Fonds and the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting, 2008

  • Remarks

    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.

Documentation

    • Documentatiemap.
    • Corine Koole, 'Levensverhaal van Titia Bergsma : Vrouwen zijn hier niet nodig', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 1, p. 64-69.
    • Collection Iquenaga, Osaka, 1933, Vol. I, p. 54.
    • Ned.-Indië Oud en Nieuw, 3e jaargang p. 248 en afb. 9.

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