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Jan Baptist Weenix: The Dutch Ambassador on his Way to Isfahan  wikidata:Q17335169 reasonator:Q17335169
Artist
Jan Baptist Weenix  (1621–circa 1660
date QS:P,+1660–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
)  wikidata:Q875076
 
Jan Baptist Weenix
Alternative names
Jan Baptist Weenincks; Jan Baptist Weenincx; Jan Baptist Weeninx; Jan Weenix (I); Ratel
Description Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1621 Edit this at Wikidata between 1659 and 1661
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1659-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1661-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death Amsterdam De Haar
Work period 1805 Edit this at Wikidata–1855 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Amsterdam (1639-1642), Rome (1643-1646), Amsterdam (1647-1649), Utrecht (ca. 1649-1656), De Haar (1656-1659)
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artist QS:P170,Q875076
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Dutch Ambassador on his Way to Isfahan Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lde,"Der niederländische Botschaft auf seinem Weg nach Isfahan."
label QS:Len,"The Dutch ambassador on his way to Isfahan."
label QS:Lnl,"De Nederlandse ambassadeur op weg naar Isfahan."
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
In 1651–1652 the ambassador Joan Cunaeus and his secretary Cornelis Speelman traveled to Isfahan in Persia to stimulate the trade in horses and silk. Speelman described the journey, the lavish receptions and visits to sites from classical antiquity. Both gentlemen are depicted as being probably accompanied by the governor of Bandar Abbas. Cunaeus wears a silk robe, a gift from the shah.
Date 1653–1659
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 101 cm (39.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 179 cm (70.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+101U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+179U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Accession number
SK-A-3879 (Rijksmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-3879

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