File:De handelsloge van de VOC in Hougly in Bengalen Rijksmuseum SK-A-4282.jpeg

De handelsloge van de VOC in Hougly in Bengalen, Hendrik van Schuylenburgh

Summary

Hendrik van Schuylenburgh: The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal

Artist

Hendrik van Schuylenburgh (circa 1620 date QS:P,+1620–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 –1689)
Alternative names	Hendrick van Schuijlenburgh, Hendrik van Schuijlenburgh, Hendrick van Schuylenburgh
Description	Dutch painter
Date of birth/death	circa 1620 date QS:P,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	1689
Location of birth/death	Middelburg	Middelburg
Work period	from 1644 until 1689 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1644-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1689-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Middelburg (1642-1689), Asia (1661-1668) (?)
Authority file	: Q13724355 VIAF: 95959274 ULAN: 500042610 GND: 122898419 BPN: 60278829 RKD: 71464

Title

Dutch:

De handelsloge van de VOC in Hougly in Bengalen

The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal

Object type

painting

Description

Trade lodge of the VOC in Hooghly, Bengal, by Hendrik van Schuylenbergh (ca. 1620–1689), oil on canvas, 1665. Left the river Ganges with a few ships. Above a long train of Indians is approaching, led by a Dutch trumpeter and banner carriers with Dutch flags, in the middle of the procession two Dutchmen let themselves be carried in a litter. To right of this is an encampment with an Indian dignitary in a tent, horses, cows, elephants and dromedaries. On the right side of the image a graveyard. Bottom right on a stele the marshaled arms of Pieter Sterthemius and Maria Calandrini.

Date

1665

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 203 cm (79.9 in); width: 316 cm (10.3 ft)

Collection

Rijksmuseum

	Native name	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
	Location	Amsterdam
	Coordinates	52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
	Established	1800
	Website	rijksmuseum.nl
	Authority file	: Q190804 VIAF: 159624082 ISNI: 0000000121961335 ULAN: 500246547 LCCN: n79007489 NLA: 36126463 WorldCat

Accession number

SK-A-4282

Object history

1926: acquired by

Exhibition history

1990-1991, The Raj : India and the British 1600-1947, Londen

References

Catalogus der schilderijen, miniaturen, pastels, omlijste teekeningen, enz. in het Rijks-museum te Amsterdam (1909), 2184
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-4282
RKDimages ID: 292489

Source/Photographer

www.rijksmuseum.nl

Permission
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Assessment


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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 20 March 2017. It was captioned as follows:

English: Trade lodge of the VOC in Hooghly, Bengal, painted by Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, published in 1665

Other languages:

Čeština: Sídlo Nizozemské Východoindické společnosti (VOC) ve státě Hooghly, Bengálsko, obraz Hendrika van Schuylenburgha z roku 1665

English: Trade lodge of the VOC in Hooghly, Bengal, painted by Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, published in 1665

Español: Puesto comercial de la Compañía Neerlandesa de las Indias Orientales (VOC) a orillas del río Ganges en el distrito de Hugli, Bengala. Pintura de Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, realizada en 1665.

Italiano: La loggia del commercio della Compagnia olandese delle Indie orientali nel Distretto di Hooghly in India in un dipinto del 1665 di Hendrik van Schuylenburgh.

Magyar: A VOC kereskedelmi központja (Hooghly, Nyugat-Bengál, India). Festette: Hendrik van Schuylenburgh (1665)

Nederlands: De factorij van de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie te Hoegly in Bengalen, geschilderd door Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, 1665

Polski: Obraz z 1665 roku pod tytułem „Faktoria VOC w Hugli w Bengalu” autorstwa holenderskiego malarza Hendrika van Schuylenburgha.

Português: Feitoria da Companhia Holandesa das Índias Orientais (VOC) às margens do rio Ganges em Bengala. Pintura de Hendrik van Schuylenburgh (1620-1689), realizada em 1665.

Македонски: Трговската ложа на Холандската источноиндиска компанија во Хугли, Бенгал. Слика на Хендрик ван Схејленбург, 1665 г.

This image was selected as picture of the day on Bengali Wikipedia.

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