Sujet

Sinhalese soldiers in the service of the VOC and envoys of the King of Kandy, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes.

Légende

Sinhalese soldiers in the service of the VOC and envoys of the King of Kandy, 1785. VOC emblem on top of a pillar. On the left are the Singalese or Ceylonese VOC soldiers and orderlies. On the right the envoys of the king of Kandy with a letter from the king. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 13.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A88_093

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

43,0Mo (3,1Mo) / 37,0cm x 29,1cm / 4369 x 3437 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe standing close up people male group man men Asian Asia historical arts industry country art trade guy guard continent clothes museum Netherlands Dutch Sri Lanka uniform industrial dress military location century Colonial drawing monarchy soldier clothing SHIELD company concept close-up closeup APPAREL full length full-length sarong sketch watercolour emblem sketches military uniform sketchbook Local People 18th century Eighteenth Century South Asian history historic colonialism Dutch East India Company envoy Rijksmuseum Sinhalese Sri Lankan TGN pencil drawing watercolour portrait pencil Singhalese paper Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie VOC Heritage Art Drawing sketch-book Low Countries clothing & dress fashion & clothing United East India Company watercolour (paint) Jan Brandes Brandes Jan Brandes Johan Johan Brandes Kingdom of Kandy