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Three Views of the Pearl River: Canton, Macao, Whampoa
Also titled Drie gezichten op de Parelrivier: Kanton, Macao, Whampoa
c. 1773
- Medium
- canvas, paper, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 52 cm x width 76 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde
- 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
Various European trade organizations had branches in the port of Canton. Because there was so much construction, the paintings can be easily dated. This is the situation in 1773. The ships are moored in the estuary of the Pearl River (Whampoa); the merchants’ offices were located upriver. During the off-season the European traders stayed in Macao, which was also in the mouth of the Pearl River.
