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View of the Harbor of Sūrat (Gujarāt)
Also titled Gezicht op de haven van Sūrat (Gujarāt)
c. 1670
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 5.2 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
View of Suratte, India. Anonymous, second half 17th century. For the VOC, the city of Suratte in northwest India was an important centre for the purchase of cotton fabrics to Suratte. The VOC brought spices, porcelain, Italian cloth and all kinds of curiosities for one of the principal Indian rulers, the Mughal emperor.