Diederik van Durven (1729-1730)

Hendrik van den Bosch, 1729 - 1736

The highest-ranking Dutch East India Company (VOC) official in Asia was the governor-general. He presided in the Castle of Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia), a fort built by the Dutch. The assembly hall in the Castle of Batavia was the centre of Dutch power in Asia. The walls were hung with portraits of all of the governors-general. Most of the 18th-century examples shown here were painted in Asia, often by anony¬mous artists.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-3775
Dimensionsheight 98.5 cm x width 80.5 cm
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

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Identification

Title(s)
- Portrait of Diederik van Durven, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Diederik van Durven (1729-1730)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-3775
Description
Portret van Diederik van Durven (1676-1740). Gouverneur-generaal (1729-30). Staande, ten halven lijve, bij een tafel waarop een helm ligt. In de rechterhand de commandostaf, rechtsboven het familiewapen. Onderdeel van een reeks van portretten van de gouverneurs-generaal van het voormalige Nederlands Oost-Indië.

Creation

Creation
painter: Hendrik van den Bosch, Batavia
Dating
1729 - 1736
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on panel
Dimensions
height 98.5 cm x width 80.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
Commissioned by the sitter, a Gouverneur-Generaal, for the Landvoogd-Galerij;{De Loos-Haaxman 1941, p. 159.} transferred from the Landvoogd-Galerij, Paleis Rijswijk, Weltevreden (Jakarta), to the museum, 1950
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

- M.A. van Rhede van der Kloot, De Gouverneurs-Generaal en Commissarissen-Generaal van Nederlandsch-Indië, Den Haag 1891.
- M. van de Laar en W. de Ridder, 'De Wisselvallige geschiedenis van de portrettengalerij van de Gouverneurs-Generaal van Nederlands-Indië', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum (1997) nr. 3, p. 204-216.
- J.P.M. Goudaens, Jaarboek Die Haghe (1986), p. 127-181 (Over de serie kleine Gouverneurs-Generaal van Nederlands Indië).
- K. van Brakel et al., Indië omlijst : Vier eeuwen schilderkunst in Nederlands-Indië, Amsterdam 1998, p. 90-102.