Wagtail with Fruit, Jan Brandes, 1785

This work belongs to Album van Jan Brandes, deel 1 (NG-1985-7-1)

Identification

Title(s)

Wagtail with Fruit

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-1-48

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Ceylons Vogeltje, het marcheerd als een kwikstaart, hupt niet, leeft van vliegen en rupsen. Nov 28. 1785. Todus plumbeus?’
inscription: ‘Ceylonsche adams appel. is vergiftig. het vring een de keel toe, zodat men in 3 daagen niet eeten of drinken kan. 29 Nov 1785.’

Description

Kleurtekening van een kleine vogel en 4 kastanjevormige vruchten, waarvan éen opengesneden, de giftige 'adamsappel'. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 1 (1808), p. 79.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Colombo

Dating

28-Nov-1785 and/or 29-Nov-1785 - 12-Dec-1785

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 155 mm

Subject

What

birds
fruits

When

1785 - 1785

Where

Sri Lanka

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 2-May-1985

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

See the provenance for NG-1985-7-1.

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Is part of

Album van Jan Brandes, deel 1 (NG-1985-7-1)

Documentation

The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808 : drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa, Max de Bruijn, An Duits, Remco Raben, p. 423-425, 434, 436 (afb.), cat.nr. 149

Persistent URL

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