# Plantage in Suriname

- By: Dirk Valkenburg (Amsterdam, 1675–1721)
- Date: 1707
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 52.5 cm x width 45.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4075--c1b831ffbf08ebb76b86d111ed4b910a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/HBbyC/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Jonas Witsen inherited the Waterland, Surimombo, and Palmeneribo plantations from his wife <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Elisabeth Basseliers</span>. He sent the painter Dirk Valkenburg to Surinam to inspect these sites. In the foreground of the painting are some Lokono, among the original inhabitants of this region. The many people who worked in slavery on the plantation are missing in this representation.