Grafbord van George Lodewijk Vernet (1711-75), directeur van Bengalen (1763-69), anonymous, after 1775

Identification

Title(s)

Grafbord van George Lodewijk Vernet (1711-75), directeur van Bengalen (1763-69)

Object type

Object number

NG-115

Inscriptions / marks

‘Den Weledelen Achtbaeren Heer George Lous Vernet. In leven Directeur van Bengalen Gebooren tot scraven Hage Dn 11 Jan Ano 1711 Obiit to Batavia Den 13 December An 1775 oud 64 Jaar’

Description

Grafbord van George Lodewijk Vernet. Ruitvormig, zwart geschilderde houten lijst, wapen op zwarte grond omringd door rankenwerk. Opschrift in gele letters: 'Den Weledelen Achtbaeren Heer George Lous Vernet. In leven Directeur van Bengalen Gebooren tot scraven Hage Dn 11 Jan Ano 1711 Obiit to Batavia Den 13 December An 1775 oud 64 Jaar'.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Dating

after 1775

Material and Technique

Material

panel

Measurements

height 100 cm × width 99.5 cm × depth 6 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

1763 - 1775

Where

Who

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, 1775;{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. 828
Wonen in de wijde wereld, p. 32-43, cat.nr. 88
De gezaghebbers der Oost-Indische Compagnie op hare Buiten-Comptoiren in Azië, W. Wijnaendts van Resandt, p. 47
D.G. van Epen, 'Grafschriften in Voor-Indië', De Wapenheraut I (1897), p. 174.

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.11998

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