Delegation of the VOC in Audience with the King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha
Also titled Gezantschap van de VOC op audiëntie bij de vorst van Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha
Jan Brandes (Bodegraven, 1743–1808)
1785-10-10 - 1786-02-14
- Medium
- paper, pencil, watercolor (paint)
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 298 mm x width 269 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Every year, the VOC governor had to formally seek permission from the king of Kandy for the cinnamon harvest. This request was made during an official visit to the king in his palace. It was the same palace the Dutch had plundered twenty years earlier.
