Chinese begraafplaats met graf van Kapitein Oeng Juko

• Chineese begrafplaatz van Capt. Oeng Juko (title on object)
• Chinese begraafplaats met graf van Kapitein Oeng Juko

NG-1985-7-3-158

Chinese begraafplaats in Batavia met het graf van kapitein Oeng Juko. Met opschrift. De VOC bestuurde de Chinezen in Batavia door middel van voormannen waarvan de voornaamste de titel 'kapitein' had. Deze begraafplaats is waarschijnlijk die vlak bij Brandes' huis buiten Batavia.

inscription: ‘Chineese begrafplaatz van Capt. Oeng Juko’

draftsman (artist): anonymous, Batavia

1779 - 1785

penseel in grijs over schets in potlood

height 250 mm x width 384 mm

1779 - 1785

purchase 1985-05-02

Public domain

? Collection Jan Brandes (1743-1808); 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.

Johan Leonard Blussé, Strange company : Chinese settlers, Mestizo women and the Dutch in VOC Batavia, Leiden 1986.

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