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Andries Beeckman: The Castle of Batavia  wikidata:Q17319667 reasonator:Q17319667
Artist
Andries Beeckman  (fl. circa 1651–1663)  wikidata:Q3016049
 
Alternative names
Andreas Beeckman, Andreas Beecqman, Andries Beecqman
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 31 August 1628 Edit this at Wikidata 9 August 1664 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Hasselt Amsterdam
Work location
Deventer (1651), Batavia, today Jakarta (1657), Amsterdam (1658-1663)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3016049
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Castle of Batavia Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lnl,"Het kasteel van Batavia"
label QS:Len,"The Castle of Batavia"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The castle of Batavia, seen from Kali Besar West around 1656. On the foreground a sort of market underneath palm trees.
Date Circa 1661
date QS:P571,+1661-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 108 cm (42.5 in); width: 151.5 cm (59.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,108U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,151.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Rijksmuseum
Accession number
SK-A-19
Place of creation Amsterdam
Object history 1859: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, from the Oostindisch Huis, Amsterdam
Exhibition history

Schatten van de Gouden Eeuw, Topstukken uit de Vaderlandse geschiedenis, Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague, 2 September 2005–26 July 2009.

Gewürze. Sinnlicher Genuss. Lebendige Geschichte, Ausstellungszentrum Lokschuppen Rosenheim, Rosenheim, 25 March 2010–10 October 2010, ISBN 9783000305894, p. 168.
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Signature bottom right:

ABeeckman Fecit
References AnonymousUnknown author, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Castle of Batavia, 1661, height: 108 cm (42.5 in); width: 151.5 cm (59.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,108U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,151.5U174728
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AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 16978, as The market of Batavia; in the background the fort built in 1619 by Jan Pietersz. Coen, circa 1656
date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(1650-1660), height: 111 cm (43.7 in); width: 154 cm (60.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,111U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,154U174728
AnonymousUnknown author, Web Gallery of Art, as The Castle of Batavia, Seen from Kali Besar West, circa 1656
date QS:P,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, height: 108 cm (42.5 in); width: 152 cm (59.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,108U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,152U174728
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Panhuysen, L. (2010) 'Ontziet uw vijanden niet, God is met ons', Historisch Nieuwsblad, no. 10, p. 38.

Groot, Erlend de (2002) 'Uitheemse volkeren in de Nederlandse zeventiende-eeuwse kunst. Een eerste indruk', Desipientia, 9/2, p. 101-113.

AnonymousUnknown author ([s.a.]) 'Het kasteel Batavia', Verslagen en aanwinsten 1978-1979, Stichting cultuurgeschiedenis van de Nederlanders overzee, p. 68-73.
Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
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