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Hendrik van Schuylenburgh: The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal  wikidata:Q17339444 reasonator:Q17339444
Artist
Hendrik van Schuylenburgh  (circa 1620
date QS:P,+1620–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1689)  wikidata:Q13724355
 
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 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Middelburg Edit this at Wikidata Middelburg Edit this at Wikidata
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) (?)
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creator QS:P170,Q13724355
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De handelsloge van de VOC in Hougly in Bengalen Edit this at Wikidata

The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal
title QS:P1476,nl:"De handelsloge van de VOC in Hougly in Bengalen Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lnl,"De handelsloge van de VOC in Hougly in Bengalen Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
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 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 203 cm (79.9 in); width: 316 cm (10.3 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,203U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,316U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Accession number
SK-A-4282 (Rijksmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history 1926: acquired
Exhibition history 1990-1991, The Raj : India and the British 1600-1947, Londen
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Source/Photographer www.rijksmuseum.nl
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