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Portrait of Philippus Baldaeus and Gerrit Mossopotam
Philippus Baldaeus was active as a minister for the VOC on Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1654 to 1665. Back in the Netherlands, he had this picture painted to commemorate his years of service overseas. The seated Baldaeus wears clothing he brought with him from Asia. He is probably joined here by Gerrit Mossopotam, who resided with Baldaeus in the Netherlands and may
have assisted him in translating Chr…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/34B11
- http://iconclass.org/25H
- Sri Lanka
- Baldaeus, Philippus
- Mossopatam, Gerrit
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/34B11
- http://iconclass.org/25H
- Sri Lanka
- Baldaeus, Philippus
- Mossopatam, Gerrit
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
- 1668
- 1668
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5263
- SK-A-1299
Extent
- height 141 cm
- width 176 cm
- thickness 9 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1668
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:13:29.444Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:17.423Z