# Delegation of the VOC in Audience with the King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha

- By: Jan Brandes (Bodegraven, 1743–1808)
- Date: 1785-10-10 - 1786-02-14
- Medium: paper, pencil, watercolor (paint)
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 298 mm x width 269 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-377--5e8c2907a0de29b98eceff66e43872df)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/nPmPg/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.