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-4472
  • Dimensionsheight 97 cm x width 140 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Trading posts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4472

  • Description

    Gezicht op de stad Cananor aan de kust van Malabar. De ommuurde stad gezien vanaf de zee, rechtsonder twee Hollandse schepen met een krokodil en een wapen met leeuwen op de spiegel.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘Cananor.’


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

    1650 - 1670


Acquisition and rights


Documentation

  • Documentatiemap Schilderijen: inventariskaart, conditierapport 1998, aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).


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