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The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal
This canvas was commissioned by Pieter Sterthemius, director of the Hooghly trading post. The scene bustles with activity. Dutch East Indiamen navigate the Ganges River, the director of the trading post visits an Indian dignitary, and at the upper right an act of religious self-castigation is taking place: a man is suspended from a hook in his ribs and spun around a pole.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25H213
- http://iconclass.org/46B494
- http://iconclass.org/46B1
- http://iconclass.org/25K
- Bengalen
- Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
- Sterthemius, Pieter
- Calandrini, Maria
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25H213
- http://iconclass.org/46B494
- http://iconclass.org/46B1
- http://iconclass.org/25K
- Bengalen
- Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
- Sterthemius, Pieter
- Calandrini, Maria
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1665
- 1665
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.10186
- SK-A-4282
Extent
- height 203 cm
- width 316 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1665
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:23.568Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:02.935Z