Grafbord van Theodora Antoinette Bodle (1729-74), anonymous, after 1774

Identification

Title(s)

Grafbord van Theodora Antoinette Bodle (1729-74)

Object type

Object number

NG-114

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘T.A. Bodle ob: 15 : Decr 1774 Aetat 45’

Description

Grafbord van Theodora Antoinette Bodle. Ruitvormig, Indiaas hout. Ruitvormig wapen gedekt door kroon. In gele letters: 'T.A. Bodle ob: 15 : Decr 1774 Aetat 45'.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous

Place

Bengalen

Dating

after 15-Dec-1774

Material and Technique

Material

panel

Measurements

height 124 cm × width 123 cm × depth 5 cm

Explanatory note

Het grafbord is afkomstig uit het koor van de in 1767 door de Nederlanders gebouwde kerk te Chinsurah, India. Deze kerk is in 1978 afgebroken? [Dick de Jong, 2002]

Subject

What

armorial bearing, heraldry

When

1750 - 1774

Where

Who

Theodora Antoinette Bodle

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of the Bishop of Calcutta

Acquisition

gift 10-Mar-1949

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Commissioned by the Dutch East India Company, Fort Gustavus, Chinsurah, near Calcutta;{Note RMA.} collection of the Dutch church of Chinsurah, 1774 ;{Note RMA.} donated by the Bishop of Calcutta through the mediation of the vice-consul of the Netherlands, Pieter de Josselin de Jong (1912-93), with 13 other objects, to the museum, 1949

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 827
D.G. van Epen, 'Grafschriften in Voor-Indië', De Wapenheraut I (1897), p. 174.

Persistent URL

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