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Pencil Drawing Collection (page 11)

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cape flower, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape flower, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape flower, 1786. Plant that occurs on the Cape of Good Hope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 103

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cape pigeon, 1787. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape pigeon, 1787. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape pigeon, 1787. Amakoea pigeon that occurs on the Cape of Good Hope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 115

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cape chestnut, (Calodendrum capense), 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape chestnut, (Calodendrum capense), 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape chestnut, (Calodendrum capense), 1778. Tree branch with blossom and a small sketch showing the country estate on the Cape of Good Hope where the draftsman collected the specimen

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cape wading bird, 1786-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape wading bird, 1786-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape wading bird, 1786-1787. Stork-like bird with measurements, found on the Cape of Good Hope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 113

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cape meadow herb, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape meadow herb, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape meadow herb, 1786. Proliferating meadow plant with flowers. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 180

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cape watermelon and gladiolus, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape watermelon and gladiolus, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape watermelon and gladiolus, 1786. Gladiolus shown with bulb and roots. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 185

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cape flower, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape flower, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape flower, 1786. Plant that occurs on the Cape of Good Hope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 191

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cape flower, (Lachenalia pendula), 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape flower, (Lachenalia pendula), 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape flower, (Lachenalia pendula), 1786. Plant that occurs on the Cape of Good Hope. Showing the plant as a whole with bulb and roots, flower with open petals. With inscription

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cape Snipe, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape Snipe, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape Snipe, 1786. Bird that occurs on Cape of Good Hope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 189

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Songbird or Cape Nightingale, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Songbird or Cape Nightingale, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Songbird or Cape Nightingale, 1786. Bird that occurs on the Cape of Good Hope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 177

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Evangelical Lutheran Church within the city of Batavia in the East Indies, c.1785

Evangelical Lutheran Church within the city of Batavia in the East Indies, c.1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Evangelical Lutheran Church within the city of Batavia in the East Indies, c.1785. Church interior with Jan Brandes (the artist) in the pulpit

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Dutch bridal party in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Dutch bridal party in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Dutch bridal party in Batavia, 1779-1785. Interior of a large space with three mirrors, Europeans and slaves

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Cuttlefish and Gorita, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cuttlefish and Gorita, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cuttlefish and Gorita, 1785. Sepia loligo'. Two colour drawings, and a sketch of an octopus-like creature. With inscriptions. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 238

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Deck view from a VOC ship to the big mast, 1778-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes

Deck view from a VOC ship to the big mast, 1778-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes
Deck view from a VOC ship to the big mast, 1778-1787. The deck of an East Indiaman with the main mast in the centre. Sailors climb the rigging

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Family tree of Henrich Brandes, c.1760-c.1790. Creator: Jan Brandes

Family tree of Henrich Brandes, c.1760-c.1790. Creator: Jan Brandes
Family tree of Henrich Brandes, c.1760-c.1790

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Family tree of the Brandes family, c.1760-c.1790. Creator: Jan Brandes

Family tree of the Brandes family, c.1760-c.1790. Creator: Jan Brandes
Family tree of the Brandes family, c.1760-c.1790

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Sketch of a knight on horseback, c.1755-c.1760. Creator: Jan Brandes

Sketch of a knight on horseback, c.1755-c.1760. Creator: Jan Brandes
Sketch of a knight on horseback, c.1755-c.1760

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Taming an elephant, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Taming an elephant, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Taming an elephant, 1785. Pen or stable built of bamboo framework in which three elephants are tied up. Singalese men pull on ropes. The middle elephant is doused with water. With inscription. No

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: The village of Over-Diemen near Amsterdam on the Zuiderzee, view from land, 1764-1771

The village of Over-Diemen near Amsterdam on the Zuiderzee, view from land, 1764-1771. Creator: Jan Brandes
The village of Over-Diemen near Amsterdam on the Zuiderzee, view from land, 1764-1771. View of the village of Overdiem (Diemen)

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: The town of Schoonhoven on the River Rhine in Holland, 1787. Creator: Jan Brandes

The town of Schoonhoven on the River Rhine in Holland, 1787. Creator: Jan Brandes
The town of Schoonhoven on the River Rhine in Holland, 1787. View of Schoonhoven from the other side of the Lek river, with barge and rowing boat by the river bank

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Knights with the family arms of Brandes and Hirschman, 1770-1808. Creator: Jan Brandes

Knights with the family arms of Brandes and Hirschman, 1770-1808. Creator: Jan Brandes
Knights with the coats of arms of Brandes and Hirschman, 1770-1808. Two knights in full armour on horseback. The left knight represents the ancestor of Brandes from Bohemen

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Papaya tree, litigants come to see the Dessave, and a hennikap or free servant in Colombo, 1785

Papaya tree, litigants come to see the Dessave, and a hennikap or free servant in Colombo, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Papaya tree, litigants come to see the Dessave, and a hennikap or free servant in Colombo, 1785. Residents awaiting case law by the Dessave (European judge employed by the VOC)

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: VOC Delegation at An Audience With The King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha, 1785-1786

VOC Delegation at An Audience With The King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha, 1785-1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
VOC Delegation at An Audience With The King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha, 1785-1786. The reception room in the palace of the king of Kandy with VOC officials kneeling in the foreground

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Council representatives in Colombo, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Council representatives in Colombo, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Council representatives in Colombo, 1785. The Dessave (European judge employed by the VOC) on his veranda to "dispose of the affairs

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Self-portrait of Jan Brandes, 1789. Creator: Jan Brandes

Self-portrait of Jan Brandes, 1789. Creator: Jan Brandes
Self-portrait of Jan Brandes, 1789. Dressed as a pastor, with Luther's book in hand

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Sinhalese soldiers in the service of the VOC and envoys of the King of Kandy, 1785

Sinhalese soldiers in the service of the VOC and envoys of the King of Kandy, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Sinhalese soldiers in the service of the VOC and envoys of the King of Kandy, 1785. VOC emblem on top of a pillar. On the left are the Singalese or Ceylonese VOC soldiers and orderlies

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Portrait of Per Johan Wimermark, 1796. Creator: Jan Brandes

Portrait of Per Johan Wimermark, 1796. Creator: Jan Brandes
Portrait of Per Johan Wimermark, 1796. Brother-in-law of the artist, and the vice-pastor of Linkoping. With inscription

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Khoikhoi and Settlers on Cape Plain, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Khoikhoi and Settlers on Cape Plain, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Khoikhoi and Settlers on Cape Plain, 1786. On the left a farmer (Boer) in a covered wagon returning from Cape Town to his farm. The man walking next to the cart is probably a slave

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Idyllic scene, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Idyllic scene, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Idyllic scene, 1779-1785. Utopian village scene. Fantasy of an idyllic, primitive settlement with several families of white people in animal skins in tropical landscape

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Adam and Eve in a utopian village scene, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Adam and Eve in a utopian village scene, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Adam and Eve in a utopian village scene, 1779-1785. Fantasy of an idyllic, primitive settlement with several families of white people in animal skins in tropical landscape

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: The village of Wehl in Cleefland, 1775. Creator: Jan Brandes

The village of Wehl in Cleefland, 1775. Creator: Jan Brandes
The village of Wehl in Cleefland, 1775. View of the village of Wehl, an hour's walk from the city of Doetinchem in Gelderland. Unpaved road with houses on either side, church in the distance

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Punishment of the slanderer, 1777. Creator: Jan Brandes

Punishment of the slanderer, 1777. Creator: Jan Brandes
Punishment of the slanderer, 1777. The slanderer is depicted on the one hand as a dung fly being hunted by a swallow. On the other hand, a man stands at the pillory in a Dutch summer landscape

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Dhoni, fishing boats in the Bay of Galle, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Dhoni, fishing boats in the Bay of Galle, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Dhoni, fishing boats in the Bay of Galle, 1786. The different types of fishing boats used by the inhabitants of Ceylon. With various inscriptions. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Ants and rice, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Ants and rice, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Ants and rice, 1786. White ants from Batavia, ants from Cape of Good Hope. Ears of rice, leaves and plant. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 56

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Tea party in a European house in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Tea party in a European house in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Tea party in a European house in Batavia, 1779-1785. The European woman, seated on the right, is visiting the meztizo woman wearing a kebaja, (Southeast Asian dress)

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Pigs without hind legs, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Pigs without hind legs, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Pigs without hind legs, 1785. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 73

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Pigs without hind legs at a trough, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Pigs without hind legs at a trough, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Pigs without hind legs at a trough, 1785. Two pigs eating from a trough. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 75

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Rice bird and Javanese quail, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Rice bird and Javanese quail, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Rice bird and Javanese quail, 1785. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 161

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Javanese Pantomime called Toping, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javanese Pantomime called Toping, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese Pantomime called Toping, 1779-1785. Three Javanese dancers, seated musicians and spectators in an open-sided bamboo building in Batavia. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Coastal profiles of the Canary Islands, and Fish, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

Coastal profiles of the Canary Islands, and Fish, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
Coastal profiles of the Canary Islands, and Fish, 1778. The islands of Tenerife, Madera, Porto Santo and Bona Sesta. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 172-173

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Terrace with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Terrace with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Terrace with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, , 1784. Veranda at the house of the draftsman Jan Brandes with two chairs

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Living room with son Jantje and Flora, an enslaved woman, near a spinning wheel, 1784

Living room with son Jantje and Flora, an enslaved woman, near a spinning wheel, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Living room with son Jantje and Flora, an enslaved woman, near a spinning wheel, 1784. The living room of the house of the draftsman Jan Brandes. His son Jantje holds

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Mangosteen, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Mangosteen, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Mangosteen, 1784. Leaf, branch and tree of the Indonesian fruit Manggistan. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 164 and see also p. 163

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Inn or hunting lodge on the Montferberg, 1770-1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

Inn or hunting lodge on the Montferberg, 1770-1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
Inn or hunting lodge on the Montferberg, 1770-1778. Half-timbered building with thatched roof and vegetable garden, near Doetinchem. Two covered wagons. With inscription

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Bird's eye view of elephant corral, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Bird's eye view of elephant corral, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Bird's eye view of elephant corral, 1785. Huge trap and all the fences in which elephants were caught. No. 1 in the series about the elephant catch. With inscription

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Javanese auxiliary troops of the Company, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javanese auxiliary troops of the Company, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese auxiliary troops of the Company, 1779-1785. General and the officers in the foreground and in the background the soldiers of the VOC in Batavia. With inscription

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Bedroom with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Bedroom with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Bedroom with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Bedroom of the draftsman Jan Brandes with a bed and mosquito net, long-case clock and tricorne

Background imagePencil Drawing Collection: Javanese butterflies, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javanese butterflies, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese butterflies, 1784. Javanese butterflies and moths. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 143



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