Trading posts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)

attributed to Johannes Vinckboons, c. 1662 - c. 1663

This series of paintings hanging high in a row here feature various trading posts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Asia. It was a network between which not only products but also enslaved people were transported. The VOC shipped between 660,000 and 1,135,000 people in the 17th and 18th centuries.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4474
  • Dimensionsheight 97 cm x width 140 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • View of Canton, China
    • Trading posts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4474

  • Description

    Canton, gezien vanaf de zee, op de voorgrond twee Hollandse schepen.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘Canton.’


Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: attributed to Johannes Vinckboons
    • painter: anonymous, Northern Netherlands [rejected attribution]
  • Dating

    c. 1662 - c. 1663

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 97 cm x width 140 cm


This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1660 - 1670


Acquisition and rights


Documentation

  • Documentatiemap Schilderijen: inventariskaart, conditierapport 1997, aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).


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